Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb
Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb is a 1996 multimedia presentation originally published by Corbis.
Content[edit]
It documented the development of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project.[1] It contained video biographies of Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, and Niels Bohr. It had illustrated essays that also documented Edward Teller, Lise Meitner, Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, and Albert Einstein.[2][3][4]
Development[edit]
The game was announced in December 1995.[5]
Reception[edit]
The game won the 1996 Invision Award of Excellence for Entertainment and Edutainment.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Critical mass : America's race to build the atomic bomb. (Computer file, 1996) (WorldCat.org). OCLC 36189433. Retrieved July 15, 2015 – via Worldcat.org.
- ^ Manes, Stephen (1996-02-13). "PERSONAL COMPUTERS;Atomic Bomb History on CD-ROM: Color but No Context". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "The Path To A-Power". Newsweek. 1996-06-09. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "10 Classic and Forgotten CD-ROMs". PCMAG. Retrieved 2018-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Corbis announces Critical Mass: America's Race to Build the Atomic Bomb". corbis.com. December 18, 1995. Archived from the original on April 5, 1997. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "Newmedia Announces '96 Invision Awards". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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