Children Of The Atomic Bomb

Author : James N. Yamazaki,Louis B. Fleming
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0822316587

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Children of the Atomic Bomb by James N. Yamazaki,Louis B. Fleming Pdf

Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki's account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly the children conceived but not yet born at the time of the explosions. Assigned in 1949 as Physician in Charge of the United States Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Nagasaki, Yamazaki had served as a combat surgeon at the Battle of the Bulge where he had been captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. In Japan he was confronted with violence of another dimension - the devastating impact of a nuclear blast and the particularly insidious effects of radiation on children. Yamazaki's story is also one of striking juxtapositions, an account of a Japanese-American's encounter with racism, the story of a man who fought for his country while his parents were interned in a concentration camp in Arkansas.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309045377

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The Children of Atomic Bomb Survivors by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences Pdf

Do persons exposed to radiation suffer genetic effects that threaten their yet-to-be-born children? Researchers are concluding that the genetic risks of radiation are less than previously thought. This finding is explored in this volume about the children of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasakiâ€"the population that can provide the greatest insight into this critical issue. Assembled here for the first time are papers representing more than 40 years of research. These documents reveal key results related to radiation's effects on pregnancy termination, sex ratio, congenital defects, and early mortality of children. Edited by two of the principal architects of the studies, J. V. Neel and W. J. Schull, the volume also offers an important comparison with studies of the genetic effects of radiation on mice. The wealth of technical details will be immediately useful to geneticists and other specialists. Policymakers will be interested in the overall conclusions and discussion of future studies.

Author : Caren Barzelay Stelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books (R)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467789035

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Sachiko by Caren Barzelay Stelson Pdf

This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko's trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.

Author : Takayuki Ishii
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780307806345

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One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii Pdf

The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima. Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593082362

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Hiroshima by John Hersey Pdf

Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

Author : KidCaps
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781621075790

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The Atomic Bomb: A History Just For Kids! by KidCaps Pdf

Now, from time to time you might hear the term “nuclear bomb” used, while other times you may hear the term “atomic bomb”. What is the difference? Any bomb that uses tiny reactions inside the nucleus of a microscopic atom is, by definition, a “nuclear bomb”. However, the first nuclear bombs were much simpler than today’s bombs, which use multiple steps to produce their large explosions. The first nuclear bombs that were produced relied only on this special microscopic reaction in the atom and so are called “atomic bombs”; and it is this kind that we will be talking about. Find out about this exciting and complex period of time in this kid's book.

Author : Masahiro Sasaki,Sue DiCicco
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781462921690

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The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki by Masahiro Sasaki,Sue DiCicco Pdf

**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** **Middle School Book of the Year-- Northern Lights Book Awards** **Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner** For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace. In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing to work together to achieve it. Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on her city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Ten years later, just as life was starting to feel almost normal again, this athletic and enthusiastic girl was fighting a war of a different kind. One of many children affected by the bomb, she had contracted leukemia. Patient and determined, Sadako set herself the task of folding 1000 paper cranes in the hope that her wish to be made well again would be granted. Illustrations and personal family photos give a glimpse into Sadako's life and the horrors of war. Proceeds from this book are shared equally between The Sadako Legacy NPO and The Peace Crane Project.

Author : Robert Jungk
Publisher : London : Heinemann [1961]
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019787121

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Children of the Ashes by Robert Jungk Pdf

Aftermath of the atom bombing of Hiroshima. Reports the social, medical and political consequences from 1945 to the present.

Author : Arata Osada
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786257048

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Children Of The A-Bomb: Testament Of The Boys And Girls Of Hiroshima by Arata Osada Pdf

“Children of the A-Bomb” is a collection of 67 testimonies of Hiroshima survivors culled from a total of more than 2,000, detailing the experiences of these innocent victims on 6th August 1945, as painfully remembered six years later, on what, in the Japanese way of counting, was the seventh anniversary of the event. The book is divided into four sections, according to the grade of the writers in 1951: from grammar to junior, senior and high school, including three undergraduate college students. The length of the testimonies varies from one to ten pages, the longer ones of course being concentrated in the latter half of the book. And though much of the material focuses on the immediate aftermath of the bombing, some of the writers also cover the days and sometimes weeks that followed, insofar as they were affected by the bomb, or perpetuated the victims’ misery with their litany of typhoons, starvation, and radiation sickness and death.—Jean-Francois Virey

Author : Arata Osada
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : PSU:000010260579

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Children of Hiroshima by Arata Osada Pdf

A collection of writings by children who experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee to Study the Feasibility of, and Need for, Epidemiologic Studies of Adverse Reproductive Outcomes in the Families of Atomic Veterans
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309176118

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Adverse Reproductive Outcomes in Families of Atomic Veterans by Institute of Medicine,Committee to Study the Feasibility of, and Need for, Epidemiologic Studies of Adverse Reproductive Outcomes in the Families of Atomic Veterans Pdf

Over the past several decades, public concern over exposure to ionizing radiation has increased. This concern has manifested itself in different ways depending on the perception of risk to different individuals and different groups and the circumstances of their exposure. One such group are those U.S. servicemen (the "Atomic Veterans" who participated in the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site or in the Pacific Proving Grounds, who served with occupation forces in or near Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or who were prisoners of war in or near those cities at the time of, or shortly after, the atomic bombings. This book addresses the feasibility of conducting an epidemiologic study to determine if there is an increased risk of adverse reproductive outcomes in the spouses, children, and grandchildren of the Atomic Veterans.

Author : James Van Gundia Neel,William J. Schull
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : NAP:08952

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The Effect of Exposure to the Atomic Bombs on Pregnancy Termination in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by James Van Gundia Neel,William J. Schull Pdf

Author : Kyoko Iriye Selden
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0765631806

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The Atomic Bomb by Kyoko Iriye Selden Pdf

Author : Seymour Abrahamson,Leif E. Peterson
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309064026

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Effects of Ionizing Radiation by Seymour Abrahamson,Leif E. Peterson Pdf

In the decades since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, economic and political trends have opened avenues for radiation research while breakthroughs in molecular biology have shed light on radiation's effect on the human body. This volume comprehensively reviews what is now known about human exposure to ionizing radiation, with emphasis on unifying the scientific disciplines that inform this topic. Today's most widely recognized experts in the field examine four broad areas: Physics and dosimetry, including the various systems of A-bomb survivor dosimetry, the effect on survivors of subsequent medical radiation, and chromosome aberrations as biomarkers. Cancer statistics and epidemiology, including a historical review of leukemia risk in A-bomb survivors, the incidence of solid cancer and resulting mortality, and the results of studies of workers exposed to low-level radiation. Genetics, including the path from radiation exposure to cellular effects, carcinogenesis, and mutagenesis. Experts discuss the interaction between radiation and other cancer risk factors, review models of radiation-induced cancer, and report on other aspects of molecular biology. Psychological effects of radiation catastrophesâ€"as seen at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Three Mile Island, and Chernobylâ€"and consequences of the Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law.

Author : Kathleen Burkinshaw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781634506946

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The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw Pdf

Following the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this is a new, very personal story to join Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Yuriko was happy growing up in Hiroshima when it was just her and Papa. But her aunt Kimiko and her cousin Genji are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talk of a double marriage! And while things are changing at home, the world beyond their doors is even more unpredictable. World War II is coming to an end, and since the Japanese newspapers don’t report lost battles, the Japanese people are not entirely certain of where Japan stands. Yuriko is used to the sirens and the air-raid drills, but things start to feel more real when the neighbors who have left to fight stop coming home. When the bombs hit Hiroshima, it’s through Yuriko’s twelve-year-old eyes that we witness the devastation and horror. This is a story that offers young readers insight into how children lived during the war, while also introducing them to Japanese culture. Based loosely on author Kathleen Burkinshaw’s mother’s firsthand experience surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The Last Cherry Blossom hopes to warn readers of the immense damage nuclear war can bring, while reminding them that the “enemy” in any war is often not so different from ourselves.