Talk:Atomic Age

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The last sentence seems non-NPOV. "Had become clear" makes it sound as if it was clear to everyone, rather than controversial among not only the broad public but also experts in the field. Michael Hardy 00:39 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)

Introduction
just a formal one: The first detonation of an atomic bomb was not little boy on hiroshima, but trinity (manhattan project) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.77.86.34 (talk) 14:25, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

The second paragraph is emotive and really doesn't seem appropriate for an encyclopaedia. A glance at the author's user page suggests he has an anti-nuclear stance so I suspect there's bias at work here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.8.163 (talk) 18:26, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

History section should be updated
History section should be updated with Fukushima disaster instead of just saying 1990-present! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.70.49.30 (talk) 00:58, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

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Cheap as water?
How can the cost of electricity be compared to the cost of water? Generalmiaow 17:05, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter whether or not it *can be*; it only matters that it *was*. Verifiability, not truth. Vashti 10:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed! But I have a feeling this is neither... nor, in fact, could it be possible even if it were true. --Generalmiaow 21:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Certainly the cost of electricity can be compared to the cost of water, the relevant unit would be cost per unit time. In other words, the annual cost for the average household or business for these commodities. The consumer doesn't really care whether the commodity is measured in liters or kilowatt-hours, he just wants to know how big the check he has to write will be. I do recall older filmstrips back in elementary school claiming that atomic power would make power so cheap that it wouldn't have to be metered- though I don't recall the actual comparison to water being made. &mdash;Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 04:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It is very very easy to make water cost money in countries you know.--Jakezing (Your King (talk) 18:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Atomic Age and Paradigm Shift
I think the "Atomic Age" is kind of thought of as being the societal interpretation of the fundamental change in the popular conception of the world as Newtonian physics was replaced by Einsteinian physics and actually accepted by society at large. This could add something to the article, I think, but I need help finding a reference. Theshibboleth (talk) 07:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

1940s?
Why does the "Atomic Age" start in the 1950s by this account? Surely they talked about it as such in 1945. Also, the article seems unclear on whether it is about the phrase/concept or if it is trying to be a thumbnail sketch of atomic energy. --140.247.242.83 (talk) 19:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Looking at The "Atomic Age", nobody refers to the 40's as a part of it, we still had some BS ideas about ?Atomic power, but it wasn't until the 50's that it became, widespread and important, and funny--Jakezing (Your King (talk) 18:57, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The term was coined in the 40s by William L. Laurence after the bombings. Not sure when its use became widespread. --Mcorazao (talk) 03:26, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Nuclear optimism
FYI: I recently created an article called Nuclear optimism which is related to this one. Please feel free to offer commentary if you are interested ...

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Fukushima accident
I'm removing the mention of the Fukushima accident because: I would consider relevant a reference to someone analysing how this will affect the development of future power plants, but just a mention of the accident is not.--Yitscar (talk) 08:35, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking at the initial post it was a childish attempt at a political statement
 * It is still not relevant to the subject.
 * I concur. &mdash;Elipongo (Talk contribs) 08:42, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

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Unreliable Sources for Section "Atomic City"
Hello! I noticed that the section titled "Atomic City" under the "1950's" section has unreliable sources and therefore should be removed/replaced.

The first source was a article from the site www.smartphonecasinos.co.uk that is not dedicated to factual information, in fact it's purpose is to review casino sites and smart phone casinos. Though the images from the site come from a public-private organization, the website itself does not cite where the information written comes from. If some of these statements are proven true (as the pictures themselves may prove), a better written source should be used for the section instead of a short article that does not cite the sources or author(s). PestlePestilent (talk) 00:44, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Not sure I understand the logic here. Are you suggesting the section be removed/replaced or the citations? If the citations are not good, then reliable ones can be sought out before removing a section. Netherzone (talk) 03:23, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Comic reference

 * The top of the article establishes: This article is about the historical era. For the comic-book miniseries, see Atomic Age (comics). What is the relevance of having "Atomic Age (comics)" in the "See also" section? There needs to be a better "connection" between nuclear related articles that has noting to do with comics. Otr500 (talk) 15:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Which of the following statements about religion and the two world wars is correct?
? 2603:8000:8101:14DA:5079:ABB5:D1D3:3003 (talk) 03:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)