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Vietnam War

A section of the April 1969 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' magazine. This issue was published at the height of the Vietnam war and commented on nuclear activism, the impacts of nuclear tests, agricultural development in Africa, and how science is actually a form of art.

A view from the height of the Vietnam War: Scientists and youth in revolt

By Eugene Rabinowitch | Analysis

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