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When the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan and then another on Nagasaki in 1945, the world began to change in many ways. The initial reaction to this deadliest of all weapons was one of great fear, but this was not the only reaction. Atomic energy was the most powerful source of energy man had harnessed to date. The five years following the dropping of the atomic bombs were a confusing time when …

…Like fire humankind had been burned by atomic power, but after being burned society was finding advantageous ways of using atomic energy. Hopefully people will not need to be burned by atomic power again, and it can be looked back on as a positive turning point in the course of human history. Works Cited Boyer, Paul, By the Bombs Early Light. The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. “Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy.” Life 2 Dec. 1946: 97-103.