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After the first atomic bomb explosion (seen here from 10,000 yards away, in a time series from .006 seconds to .081 seconds after detonation), Oppenheimer recalled, "a few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent."

Building the Bomb

A new book about atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer charts the secret debate over deployment of the first A-bomb and the anxiety that suffused its first live test
August 2005 | By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Bound for Canaan; The Perfectionist

August 2005 | By Smithsonian magazine

Conquering Polio

Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine a smashing success. A new book takes readers behind the headlines
April 2005 | By Jeffrey Kluger

William Clark and the Shaping of the West

April 2005 | By Smithsonian magazine

As Told at The Explorers Club

More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure
May 2004 | By Owen Edwards

An albumen print from Mathew Brady

Photos for All Time

A new book, At First Sight, draws on all the Smithsonian's vast archives to chart photograph's profound place in history
April 2004 | By Merry A. Foresta

The epic of Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center symbolizes the heart of Manhattan
March 2004 | By Owen Edwards

Riding the Steppes

A 1,000-mile odyssey across Mongolia on horseback
January 2004 | By Smithsonian magazine

Book Review - Veiled Threat

Reading Lolita in Tehran
November 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

James Smithson's legacy

The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
September 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

Fakahatchee Ghosts

But no exorcisms, please these rare orchids are the stars of a hit movie and a best-selling book
August 2003 | By Jack McClintock

Battling smallpox; renovating Paris

June 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

Humans and war; American manners

May 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

By the fall of 1902, the Wright brothers (near Kitty Hawk in October of that year) had solved the most vexing problems of human flight, namely lift and control, with a succession of gliders. Now they were finally ready to focus on propulsion.

To Fly!

A new book traces the Wright brothers' triumph 100 years ago to an innovative design and meticulous attention to detail
April 2003 | By James Tobin

Journal of the Plague Years

Two courageous pioneers showed how a fearsome scourge could be defeated
April 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

Mr. Lincoln's Washington

The house where the conspirators hatched their heinous plot now serves sushi, and the yard where they were hanged is a tennis court.
April 2003 | By Christopher Buckley

Henry Kissinger on Vietnam

Henry Kissinger's new book revisits America's troubled extrication from Indochina
March 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

Once Upon a Time

Children's books by celebrities are as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here are our favorites
March 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

A Field Guide to the Rich; Wildland Firefighters

February 2003 | By Smithsonian magazine

Dividing the Spoils

In a new book, historian Michael Beschloss re-creates the 1945 Potsdam Conference at which Harry Truman found his presidential voice and determined the shape of postwar Europe
December 2002 | By Michael Beschloss


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