Children of the Atomic Bomb

1995 Biography & Autobiography

Author : James N. Yamazaki
Release : 1995
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Children of the Atomic Bomb written by James N. Yamazaki. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki's account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly the children conceived but not yet born at the time of the explosions. Assigned in 1949 as Physician in Charge of the United States Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Nagasaki, Yamazaki had served as a combat surgeon at the Battle of the Bulge where he had been captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. In Japan he was confronted with violence of another dimension - the devastating impact of a nuclear blast and the particularly insidious effects of radiation on children. Yamazaki's story is also one of striking juxtapositions, an account of a Japanese-American's encounter with racism, the story of a man who fought for his country while his parents were interned in a concentration camp in Arkansas.

The Children of Atomic Bomb Survivors

1991-02-01 Science

Author : National Research Council
Release : 1991-02-01
Genre : Science
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Download or read book The Children of Atomic Bomb Survivors written by National Research Council. This book was released on 1991-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do persons exposed to radiation suffer genetic effects that threaten their yet-to-be-born children? Researchers are concluding that the genetic risks of radiation are less than previously thought. This finding is explored in this volume about the children of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasakiâ€"the population that can provide the greatest insight into this critical issue. Assembled here for the first time are papers representing more than 40 years of research. These documents reveal key results related to radiation's effects on pregnancy termination, sex ratio, congenital defects, and early mortality of children. Edited by two of the principal architects of the studies, J. V. Neel and W. J. Schull, the volume also offers an important comparison with studies of the genetic effects of radiation on mice. The wealth of technical details will be immediately useful to geneticists and other specialists. Policymakers will be interested in the overall conclusions and discussion of future studies.

Sachiko

2016 Young Adult Nonfiction

Author : Caren Barzelay Stelson
Release : 2016
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 038/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sachiko written by Caren Barzelay Stelson. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko's trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.

Hiroshima

2020-06-23 History

Author : John Hersey
Release : 2020-06-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 362/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hiroshima written by John Hersey. This book was released on 2020-06-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

The Atomic Bomb: A History Just For Kids!

2013-09-05 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : KidCaps
Release : 2013-09-05
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 796/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Atomic Bomb: A History Just For Kids! written by KidCaps. This book was released on 2013-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now, from time to time you might hear the term “nuclear bomb” used, while other times you may hear the term “atomic bomb”. What is the difference? Any bomb that uses tiny reactions inside the nucleus of a microscopic atom is, by definition, a “nuclear bomb”. However, the first nuclear bombs were much simpler than today’s bombs, which use multiple steps to produce their large explosions. The first nuclear bombs that were produced relied only on this special microscopic reaction in the atom and so are called “atomic bombs”; and it is this kind that we will be talking about. Find out about this exciting and complex period of time in this kid's book.

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