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Richard Rhodes

Richard Rhodes is a historian, journalist and author of several books, including The Making of the Atomic Bomb, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize.

Samples of trinitite from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

A Chunk of Trinitite Reminds Us of the Sheer, Devastating Power of the Atomic Bomb

Within the Smithsonian’s collections exists a telltale trace of the weapon that would change the world forever