"Has the atom become the aphrodisiac of the twentieth century? Or have the technologies of destruction become so thoroughly infused with eroticism that the orgiastic frenzy of the atom bomb is no longer an aphrodisiac or even a metaphor for sex, but sex itself?"
- J. Veitch, "Doctor Strangelove's Cabinet of Wonder"
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Strangelovian 4-H Club
April 15, 1955: Nevada
The Met test series: "In one experiment four dozen White Chester swine - - dubbed 'atomic pigs' - - were tethered at various distances from the explosion, dressed in the uniforms of Chinese and Soviet troops. This perverse game of cross-dressing sounds as if it was conceived by a Strangelovian 4-H Club. In fact, it was designed by Los Alamos scientists to study how different types of enemy clothing might affect the absorption of radiation by the skin."
- J. Veitch, "Doctor Strangelove's Cabinet of Wonder: Sifting through the Atomic Ruins at the Nevada Test Site"
The Met test series: "In one experiment four dozen White Chester swine - - dubbed 'atomic pigs' - - were tethered at various distances from the explosion, dressed in the uniforms of Chinese and Soviet troops. This perverse game of cross-dressing sounds as if it was conceived by a Strangelovian 4-H Club. In fact, it was designed by Los Alamos scientists to study how different types of enemy clothing might affect the absorption of radiation by the skin."
- J. Veitch, "Doctor Strangelove's Cabinet of Wonder: Sifting through the Atomic Ruins at the Nevada Test Site"
Friday, October 22, 2010
Manhattan Project Codes
top = atom
boat = bomb
urchin fashion = uranium fission
spinning = smashing
igloo of urchin = isotope of uraium
“The word for U-235 was tenure…You see…two and
three and five and five make ten. Right? O.K., that’s where the ‘ten’ comes in.
The ‘ure’ stands for uranium. So, ‘ten’ plus ‘ure’ equals ‘tenure.’ A cinch.’
Daniel Lang, Early Tales of the Atomic Age, 19
boat = bomb
urchin fashion = uranium fission
spinning = smashing
igloo of urchin = isotope of uraium
“The word for U-235 was tenure…You see…two and
three and five and five make ten. Right? O.K., that’s where the ‘ten’ comes in.
The ‘ure’ stands for uranium. So, ‘ten’ plus ‘ure’ equals ‘tenure.’ A cinch.’
Daniel Lang, Early Tales of the Atomic Age, 19
shut it
"DON'T BE A BLABOTEUR" - read signs around the Manhattan Project
Daniel Lang, Early Tales of the Atomic Age, 17
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