This diagram shows a very simplified design of a hydrogen bomb. Science historian Alex Wellerstein has created an online tool for comparing the impact of the different types of nuclear weapons.

A typical hydrogen bomb is two-stage: First, an atomic fission bomb detonates, and that in turn starts the fusion of a hydrogen isotope in a second section. Diagram shows a simplified summary of ...

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created. Richard L ...

A typical hydrogen bomb is two-stage: First, an atomic fission bomb detonates, and that in turn starts the fusion of a hydrogen isotope in a second section. Diagram shows a simplified summary of ...