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Professor Martin Sherwin talked about the Manhattan Project, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.…

Martin Sherwin looked at the Cold War with a focus on the Cuban missile crisis. This was a virtual event hosted by Town Hall Seattle.

Four historians who have written extensively on the decision to drop the atomic bombs discussed their findings, then took questions from journalists in a Zoom conversation. This 75th anniver…

Robert Norris, Kari Bird, and Marty Sherwin talked about the impact General Leslie Groves and Robert Oppenheimer had on the Manhattan Project. They were joined by grandson Charles Oppenhe…

A hearing was held on the challenges faced by the National Archives in preserving the nation’s history. Topics included the upcoming presidential transition, maintenance and funding of the p…

Ambassador Gregory Schulte, U.S. permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), talked about efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program, developing a series of multi…

Zia Mian, a physicist, delivered the opening keynote speech on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. He responded to audience members' questions. Then the panelists talked about the …

The co-authors talked about their biography, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, published by Vintage. Sherwin spent 20 years researching the book. After t…

Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the publishing year 2005 read from their works at an event held in the New School’s Tishman Auditorium on the evening before the awa…