tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post3124025576175081406..comments2023-11-03T08:02:25.369-04:00Comments on AmericanScience: A Team Blog: An Experiment in Teaching Hiroshima to Tomorrow's EngineersDavid Roth Singermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841041983824755867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030220433025894048.post-21264262875490583702012-12-24T09:18:06.175-05:002012-12-24T09:18:06.175-05:00David: This was quite interesting. I've really...David: This was quite interesting. I've really enjoyed the chances I've had to teach the history of the atomic and hydrogen bombs to undergraduates today, none of whom were conscious for even a speck during the Cold War. <br /><br />I have paired teaching the atomic bomb decision with teaching the hydrogen bomb decision as well; they're nice ethical quandaries to pair up. I followed them up with blind polls about what the students would choose to do, if they were putting themselves in the roles of the historical actors at the time. Most of the time they actually sympathize enough with the historical actors to figure that they'd do more or less what they had done, which I thought was interesting. Alex W.http://nuclearsecrecy.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com