Aron Bernstein, Professor of Physics, Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard; former Dep Dir IAEA
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
This course will give an overview of the physics of nuclear weapons and their devastating effects. The history of their development will be covered as well as the initial discussions of their implications, including the debates of the atomic scientists who developed them and then tried vainly to control their use and spread. The cold war history of the weapons deployment will be covered as well as the treaties which limited their use, such as the nuclear test ban and the anti-ballistic missile treaty. The threat of nuclear proliferation, the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) inspections will be covered with emphasis on Iran. The current discussion about abolition of nuclear weapons will also be discussed. The linking of these issues to the original scientists' debate will be covered. Students are welcome to participate in any or all of these sessions. There will be time for questions and discussion.
1)Tues. Jan 22, 2013: Overview: history, physics history, history of weapons numbers in the cold war, outlook for reduction and elimination. A.M. Bernstein
2) Thurs . Jan. 24, 2013: Nuclear proliferation, non-proliferation treaty, IAEA inspections, Iran: O. Heinonen
3) Tues. Jan. 29, 2013: The Cold War Era: weapons, strategies, and treaties; A.M. Bernstein
4) Thurs. Jan 31, 2013: Outlook for nuclear weapons policy, Obama Administration, abolition?; A.M. Bernstein
Sponsor(s): Lab for Nuclear Science, Science, Technology, and Society, Physics
Contact: Aron Bernstein, 26-419, 617-253-2386, bernstein@mit.edu
| Jan/22 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 26-414 |
Overview: history, physics history, history of weapons numbers in the cold war, outlook for reduction and elimination.
Aron Bernstein - Professor of Physics
| Jan/24 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 26-414 |
Nuclear proliferation, non-proliferation treaty, IAEA inspections, Iran.
Olli Heinonen - Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard; former Dep Dir IAEA
| Jan/29 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 26-414 |
The Cold War Era: weapons, strategies and treaties.
Aron Bernstein - Professor of Physics
| Jan/31 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 26-414 |
Outlook for nuclear weapons policy, Obama Administration, abolition?
Aron Bernstein - Professor of Physics