In response to a perception of increased scientific cooperation and public understanding of the dangers of nuclear weapons, as well political actions taken to avoid "massive retaliation." The United States and Soviet Union cooperate and avoid direct confrontation in regional conflicts such as the 1956 Suez Crisis. (This is the clock's closest approach to midnight since its inception.)
The United States and the Soviet Union test thermonuclear devices within nine months of one another. The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, officially starting the nuclear arms race. The initial setting of the Doomsday Clock.
The lower the graph becomes, the higher the probability of catastrophe is deemed to be. The closest nuclear war threat, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, reached crisis, climax, and resolution before the Clock could be set to reflect that possible doomsday.ĭoomsday Clock graph.
The Clock is not set and reset in real time as events occur rather than respond to each and every crisis as it happens, the Science and Security Board meets twice annually to discuss global events in a deliberative manner. The Clock's setting is decided by the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is an adjunct to the essays in the Bulletin on global affairs. In 1947, during the Cold War, the Clock was started at seven minutes to midnight and was subsequently advanced or rewound per the state of the world and nuclear war prospects. Information about the annual Doomsday Clock Symposium, a timeline of the Clock's settings, and multimedia shows about the Clock's history and culture can also be found on the Bulletin's website. In 2009, the Bulletin ceased its print edition and was the first publication in the US to become entirely digital the Clock is now found as part of the logo on the Bulletin's website. In January, 2007, designer Michael Bierut, who serves on the Bulletin's Governing Board, redesigned the Clock to give it a more modern feel. Its first representation was in 1947, when magazine co-founder Hyman Goldsmith asked artist Martyl Langsdorf (wife of Manhattan Project research associate and Szilárd petition signatory Alexander Langsdorf, Jr.) to design a cover for the magazine's June 1947 issue. Since its inception, the Clock has been depicted on every cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Originally, the Clock analogy represented the threat of global nuclear war however, since 2007 it has also reflected climate change and new developments in the life sciences that could inflict irrevocable harm. Reflecting international events dangerous to humankind, the Clock's hands have been adjusted twenty times since its inception in 1947, when the Clock was initially set to seven minutes to midnight (11:53pm). An announcement about whether the hands will move again will be made in January, 2014. The 5th Annual Doomsday Clock Symposium was Novemit was a daylong event that was open to the public and featured panelists discussing various issues on the theme "Communicating Catastrophe." There was also an evening event at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in conjunction with the Hirshhorn's current exhibit, "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950." The panel discussions, held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, were streamed live from the Bulletin's website, and can still be viewed there. The most recent officially announced setting-five minutes to midnight (11:55pm)-was made on January 14, 2012. The closer they set the Clock to midnight, the closer the Science and Security Board believes the world to be to global disaster. The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, representing an ominous oscillating countdown, maintained since 1947 by the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago. File:Bulletin Atomic Scientists Cover.jpgĬover of the 1947 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists issue that first featured the Doomsday Clock at seven minutes to midnight.
For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see song. For other uses, see Minutes to Midnight (disambiguation). "Minutes to Midnight" redirects here, along with other titles incorporating that term.
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