Stephen Walker's new book is BEYOND - The Astonishing Story of the First Human in Space! Harper Collins. Out now on the 60th anniversary of human spaceflight.
Very sad to learn of the passing of the magnificent Tom #Stoppard. I was privileged to work with Tom on a movie screenplay based on my book ‘Shockwave’ about the Hiroshima bomb and was stunned not just by his talent but by his incredible generosity and kindness. A great loss.
Incredibly the atomic bomb air crews visited Nagasaki a few weeks after they'd bombed it. For some crew members what they saw would haunt them for the rest of their lives...
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@ColdWarPod Eighty years today #Nagasaki was obliterated by an #atom bomb. I interviewed the last surviving aircrews for my book #Shockwave. They told an incredible story of that mission. A story as totally unexpected as it was dramatic. Check out this podcast to see why.
This is Harold Agnew. Atomic scientist. Grinning for the camera 80 years ago today. In his hand he holds the plutonium core of the atom bomb dropped on #Nagasaki killing 80,000 people. Why was his photo taken? For posterity? For fun? Read my book SHOCKWAVE for the amazing story.
Every #nuclear arms limitation treaty is dead. The UN’s non proliferation treaty is ignored by India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea. The world is sliding into existential danger. 80 years today after #Hiroshima, how did we get here? @WmCollinsBooks https://t.co/ID6lRKPPyF
Every #nuclear arms limitation treaty is dead. The UN’s non proliferation treaty is ignored by India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea. The world is sliding into existential danger. 80 years today after #Hiroshima, how did we get here? @WmCollinsBooks https://t.co/4d9fNY3g4f
80 years ago - this happened. The world was never the same again. The fissioning enriched #uranium that wiped out #Hiroshima and killed 150,000 people weighed the same as a bottle of water. Or a pineapple. Think about it.
At midnight 80 years ago, the men tasked to drop the #atom bomb on #Hiroshima had their final mission briefing. They were told it would end the war. But what did they REALLY think? Read my New York Times bestseller #Shockwave for the true story. https://t.co/VAaAlCcRor #Amazon.
Amazed to see my Guardian article on The Men Who Dropped The Bombs on #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki now has over half a million reads. Read the stories of the missions which changed history by the men who flew them. Terrifyingly relevant today. @thehistoryguy https://t.co/aJITEMQwQQ
So Trump really thinks his strikes on #Iran's nuclear sites are a Trumpian version of #Hiroshima and Nagasaki? I just love the guy's humility. He should read my Guardian article (which he'd probably denounce as fake news)... https://t.co/aJITEMQwQQ
If you liked my Guardian feature on the #atomic bombings of Japan check out my New York Times Bestselling book ‘Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima’. We live in a world of nuclear fears. Read the gripping story of how it all began! @WmCollinsBooks https://t.co/reoOUFziCJ
My Guardian magazine article on the US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is now online. What a day to remember something like this. God help us all.
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