Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb

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Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb is a 1996 multimedia presentation originally published by Corbis.

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Content

It documented the development of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project. [1] It contained video biographies of Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, and Niels Bohr. It had illustrated essays that also documented Edward Teller, Lise Meitner, Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, and Albert Einstein. [2] [3] [4]

Development

The game was announced in December 1995. [5]

Reception

The game won the 1996 Invision Award of Excellence for Entertainment and Edutainment. [6]

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References

  1. Critical mass : America's race to build the atomic bomb. (Computer file, 1996) (WorldCat.org). OCLC   36189433 . Retrieved July 15, 2015 via Worldcat.org.
  2. Manes, Stephen (1996-02-13). "PERSONAL COMPUTERS;Atomic Bomb History on CD-ROM: Color but No Context". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. "The Path To A-Power". Newsweek. 1996-06-09. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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  5. "Corbis announces Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb". corbis.com. December 18, 1995. Archived from the original on April 5, 1997. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
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