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Nuclear physics

What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics?

27 Oct 2023

Postage stamps are not just tokens we use to send letters – they also form part of our social history. Ian Briggs looks at how developments in nuclear physics have been depicted in postage stamps

A 1938 Afghanistan stamp of Marie Curie
First class One of more than 600 stamps to feature Marie Curie, the 1938 Afghanistan 15 pul stamp is also the first stamp to depict a female scientist. (Public domain. Photo courtesy: Ian Briggs)
In December 1942 US president Franklin D Roosevelt signed the Manhattan Project into existence. A sc

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Ian Briggs is a freelance philatelic writer, lapsed scientist and self-confessed stamp nerd based in Brisbane, Australia
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