Happy to see this come out! I talked with the author a few months ago about some of the people who make up the world of what I call "secret seekers" — people who, for a variety of reasons, are interested in learning nuclear "secrets."https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-nuclear-weapons-nerds-1826964319 …
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As a non-"secret seeker", the most dedicated I have been is in acquiring the Manhattan Project A-Bomb sterling silver pin on eBay for a small fortune.pic.twitter.com/jFhJkizTLN
My mother frequents autograph and comic book shows, and occasionally has found me amazing things for really far too little. Here is my MED pin, which she got for something like $20. She also found me the Nagasaki damage map for about $20, which now hangs in my office.pic.twitter.com/41aoEgIsES
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Wow, just wow. That's some mother you've got there, Alex.
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She knows my interests! Every once in awhile she finds a real gem. You'd think in an age of eBay that wouldn't be possible anymore, but I guess it is...
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It is my understanding that map is missing from the library of Congress, unless there are others. I have been trying to find a version my great aunt drew, and I wonder if that is a copy of it. She drew the map before and after of Nagasaki.
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Good grief, I am astounded by all these revelations. Really. I am.
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What is astounding? My aunt worked on the manhattan project as a photogrammetrist. I think she is the reason my uncle got the job on the team creating the AT&T Project Offices. Anyhow, the air force sent her multiple photos of Japan and I have been trying to learn their secrets.
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I think it was the $20 MED pin that got me. Additional astoundment: it was so secret, why did they have pins?
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But that was an old astoundment. The missing map is also a little astounding.
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Wellerstein has a great article on that map noting the civilian damage. I think that is why my aunt never had kids. It certainly is intriguing that it has been missing.
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That is insanely great.
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