The Nuclear Bomb Computer Slide Rule
Kyle Hill
Oct 15, 2025 17:00
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In 1957, Samuel Glasstone and Philip J. Dolan produced THE definitive text on the effects of nuclear explosions. Inside this tome was something of a collectors item that nuclear enthusiasts have been hunting for decades: a PHYSICAL nuclear bomb computer. Thanks to Ebay, I finally have one. This is how it works.
BUILD YOUR OWN: https://www.fourmilab.ch/bombcalc/brico.html
SOURCES:
https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/effects/
https://www.fourmilab.ch/bombcalc/brico.html
https://www.fourmilab.ch/bombcalc/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions
https://www.si.edu/object/nuclear-bomb-effects-computer%3Anmah_1215016
https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/nuclear-slide-rules/weapons-effects/nuclear-bomb-effects-computer-revised-edition.html
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6852629/
https://www.amazon.com/Effects-Nuclear-Weapons-Glasstone-Dolan/dp/B000FZZ6V8
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA384998.pdf
https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/effects/glasstone-dolan.html
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA384998
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1215016
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