The Advent of the Nuclear Age

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TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Advent of the Nuclear Age

The Nuclear Age began suddenly, spectacularly, and catastrophically by the airburst of the Little Boy atomic bomb over Hiroshima, on Monday 06 August 1945, 79 years ago today. Three days later, on Thursday 09 August 1945, the Fat Man atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. What did these bombs inaugurate, and what did we learn about ourselves and our place in history as a result?

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