Ludwig Wittgenstein with "Oak", whose logic he found devastating.
"Oak", 8.9 megaton, Eniwetok Atoll, 28 June 1958.

"The hysterical fear over the atomic bomb now being experienced . . . suggests that at last something really salutary has been invented." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value.

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This 1950s poster from DeadRed Toys Inc. cannot conceal the weariness women felt at this messy and occasionally dangerous craze.

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Why not visit Delbert's World? -- an enterprising atomic site at www.accutek.com/~moistner/