Rich Rostrom and the Rogue Weapons Inspectors

[beamjockey]

Alex Wellerstein, a historian at the American Institute of Physics, writes the fascinating "Restricted Data" blog, which is devoted to the history of nuclear secrecy and related matters. From time to time he comments on matters graphical, and today he has blogged about the atom-and-olive-branch logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Comments

[bedii]

The dyeing process you describe brings to mind one of the items in The Further Inventions Of Daedalus, where Jones suggested that a large number of cow's teeth be put into a plastique sphere, such as is used to implode the core in our finer nuclear weapons. Set off the sphere and you should get a core of ivory that's not subject to the laws pertaining to non-mastodon ivory possession and use.

[derekl1963]

AFAIK the bits in the center of an implosion don't tend to stay together when all is said and done, even when they aren't fissile... The rebound after compression tends to tear them to bits.

[harvey_rrit]

Interesting. I'm almost sure those shirts are supposed to start out green.

Of course, the ones in the store may have been the ones worn by the team that inspected Saddam's "milk factory"....

[mrs_sweetpeach]

What? You knew I was hoping for more photos of you to use on your birthday card and decided to post this today? Where I wouldn't see it until AFTER I finished said card?!? (LOL) (And Happy Birthday!)