Atomic science image history

Yet the resurrection of alchemical tropes at the birth of modern atomic science demands a third version of the story. Weart notes that the word transmutation offered a clue that could help explain almost every strange image that would later appear in nuclear energy tales (6). In order to understand fully the relationships between alchemical transmutation and the science of radioactivity, I take a path that branches off from both the traditional history of scientific discovery and the image history that Weart provides. In Modem Alchemy, I reconstruct the history of how scientific knowledge was produced and how it was elaborated in a broader cultural and spiritual context. That is, I look at science, its public elaboration, and its spiritual4 dimensions as mutually interacting realms, and tell a story of how science and occultism were entwined. 

Atomic Archive (www.atomicarchive.com). Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this website provides many resources on the Manhattan Project. Visitors can follow links that provide an explanation of fission a chronology of important events in the history of atomic physics videos and photographs, including images of Fat Man and Little Boy and biographies of Groves, Oppenheimer, and other key figures in atomic research. 

Los Alamos National Laboratory (www.lanl.gov). Mote than seven decades after it was established during the Manhattan Projea, the Los Alamos National Laboratory continues to serve as an important center of science, exploring research into atomic physics. By following the link for History on the laboratory s website, visitors can find an overview of the Manhattan Project as well as images from the era. 

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