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Alex Wellerstein
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Post-apocalyptic Road Trips, End of the World-building, and Interesting Times.

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    Historian, author, programmer, tenured professor. I'm best known as a historian of nuclear weapons, but I also have a broad interest in the history of science and technology.

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