Was the atomic bomb a good choice?
I think its a hard decision to make really. At that time they had no ideas of the radiation effects of the atomic bomb and infact at that time they still thought radiation was good for you (see quack radiation in wikipedia if you want to be horrified), though the tide was turning around that time as evidence started to say it wasn’t. So they probably weren’t aware the long term effects the radiation would have on people let alone what doses are lethal/dangerous. I think it was used to save lives in a war which was rapidly turning into a meat grinder for both sides and probably in the long run it did save lives and end the war, but as I wasn’t there I can’t really say for sure if it was or not. As for the applications such a device brought then yes it was a good choice. Once people knew the sheer power it had and looked into controlling it, it opened many new fields of science and has brought us better technology (radiation treatments for example) and cheaper less environmentally damagi
