1) Rotter, Andrew J. Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb. Making of the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Rotter discusses not only the physics behind making the atomic bomb, but also the moral reasoning behind the creation of the atomic bomb. At first he discusses the science behind it. It is explained how Ernest Rutherford was the first to split a uranium, but Rutherford was unable to explain what he had done and its effects. Later, Lise Meitner expanded the knowledge behind what is now known as nuclear fission. He explains all of this background information because it leads up to the bombing of Hiroshima. Rotter takes the subject further when he discusses the moral reasoning behind using the atomic bomb. He explains how our morals must adjust to the new technology advances that have been occurring. Rotter attempts to argue that the responsibility for the bombing of Hiroshima is not completely the United States fault. He brings up the point that at this time Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, Britain and France all had nuclear weapons. Rotter claims that these…show more content… They provide information on how exactly the atomic bomb effected humans physically. The duo shows insight on the effects of radiation exposure. By September of 1945, the government had set up a committee to investigate the effects of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The results of the research were published in 1951. They have gathered information from all types of studies done on the survivors of the atomic bomb. This will aid in writing my paper because it will shed light on the perspective the Japanese have on the atomic bomb. This research article is very specific and science based. It includes many strong facts. It includes a first hand experience of Dr. Kenjiro Yokoro, who was a medical student at the time residing in Hiroshima. I will use this article when I discuss Japan’s perspective of the atomic
