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Nuclear Slide Rules
orau.org - 12/16/2008
Nuclear Slide Rules
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Click on an image for a larger view and more information Weapons Effects Calculations Radiation Dosage Calculator M4A1 Nuclear Yield Calculator M1A1 RADIAC Calculator BRL Nuclear Weapon Effects Computer BRL RADIAC Calculator No. 1 ...
Sony rules out
mcvuk.com - 12/11/2008
Sony rules out
— mcvuk.com — david reeves, playstation, psp, sony Sony rules out ‘PSP 2' Michael French Dec 11 2008, 1:42pm Be... first to comment Euro boss says next-gen handheld not on the cards yet, but concedes lack of software has caused problems SCEE president David Reeves has ... (more) Sony rules out
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carloslabs.com - 12/22/2008
Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons
— carloslabs.com — This mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion. Search for a place, pick a... suitable weapon and press "Nuke It!" (more) Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons

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Boing Boing:  Nuclear slide-rules from a time after nukes and before pocket-calculators

Gizmodo:  Nuclear Slide Rules: The Old Fashioned Way To Calculate Armageddon [Retromodo]

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Nuclear slide-rules from a time after nukes and before pocket-calculators
Boing Boing — ... a convenience to those interested in the effects of nuclear weapons, this circular computer was designed to make data easily available on various weapon effects - some as functions of both yield and range and others on yield alone . . . The weapons data incorporated in this computer were taken from the very informative and useful text, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, edited by Samuel Glasstone for the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense. Nuclear Slide Rules (via Dinosaurs and Robots) ...

Nuclear Slide Rules: The Old Fashioned Way To Calculate Armageddon [Retromodo]
Gizmodo — ... Using data gleaned from the book The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, these circular "computers" could calculate weapons effects like yield and range when the big one dropped. The instrument pictured here is circa 1960, and is one of several pictured in a gallery on the Oak Ridge Associated Universities website. [ORAU via ...

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