The Birth of the Atomic Age and Its Consequences: WWII Los Alamos Then and Now (In-person)
Summer 1.5 to 3.5 hours | Available (Membership Required)
This is the in-person registration option for this course.
What was it like to live in WWII Los Alamos, NM where the world’s first atomic bomb was built? What were the considerations that went into using the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, exactly 80 years ago? Based on research for her historical novel, author Galina Vromen will bring alive that monumental period and discuss its impact on the state of nuclear proliferation today.
This course will be presented in a lecture format.
Optional Book:
- Hill of Secrets - Galina Vromen (ISBN-13: 978-1662520792)
Galina Vromen
Galina Vromen spent more than a decade as a foreign correspondent, mostly for Reuters News Agency, in the Netherlands, Britain, France, Mexico, and Israel. After retiring, she focused her journalistic skills on writing Hill of Secrets, an historical novel based in WWII Los Alamos. As a result of her interest in the dawn of the atomic age, she has become well-versed on issues of nuclear arms today. For more about Vromen and her book, visit www.galinavromen.com.