
Tim Peacock
@DrTimPeacock
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Lecturer in History & War Studies @UofGlasgow & Director @UofGGamesLab. Space, Nuclear, (War)Games, AI, Politics. Trying to fly ideas like bicycles! Views mine.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined December 2012
Secret coalition plans, snap General Election, possible Prime Minister resignation, Parliamentary defeats. Current politics & 1970s! My new @ManchesterUP book uses declassified files to reveal history of minority government strategy & its relation to 2018
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RT @esaoperations: Happy International Moon Day! 🌛. Establishing a human presence at the Moon is a formidable challenge. The Moon lacks Ear….
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RT @airandspace: 50 years ago today, a US Apollo spacecraft and USSR Soyuz spacecraft docked during the first joint venture in space betwee….
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The first #Nuclear bomb detonation, #TrinityTest, occurred 80 years ago #OTD. Key #ManhattanProject figures, from Robert Oppenheimer to Leslie Groves, played themselves in an often overlooked 1946 film on it, explored in my 2023 'The Conversation' article.
theconversation.com
Atomic Power was pioneering in communicating the history behind Robert Oppenheimer’s work.
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RT @MilHistNow: On this day in 1945, the United States detonates history's first nuclear weapon. The top secret test is carried out in the….
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RT @NASAhistory: Today marks 50 years since the final launch of NASA’s Apollo spacecraft! . We celebrate the countless men and women whose….
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RT @CommonsForeign: Tomorrow at 11am, we will hold our final session examining the UK at the United Nations Security Council. We'll discuss….
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RT @NASAhistory: Today we celebrate 60 years of NASA's exploration of Mars! . #OTD in 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 made history by capturing the….
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RT @DAWargowski: Often cited as the most dangerous toy ever made, the A.C. Gilbert Company's "U-238 Atomic Energy Lab" was produced for onl….
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RT @DigWaterloo: We are grateful to our partners and supporters who have made it possible for us to dig on this incredible site. A special….
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RT @SixTripleEight: #OTD in 1945, three members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were involved in a fatal vehicle accident….
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RT @airandspace: On this day in 1979, Skylab, the first U.S. space station, reentered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated. More about the….
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RT @DigWaterloo: Introducing our Waterloo Uncovered archaeology team. We are incredibly lucky to have, amongst our volunteers, Tony Pollar….
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RT @CMaclean96: Thank you to everyone that came to my coin handling workshops at @KingJamesConf. It was an absolute privilege to get to int….
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RT @KingJamesConf: Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars wh….
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RT @KingJamesConf: Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and St….
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RT @NASAhistory: "I personally feel that if we had not gone the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) [route], we'd never have gone to the Moon." –D….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO - Coin Workshop. Cameron Maclean leads a wonderful session on James’s coinage in Scotland and England at the Hun….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO - Book Workshop. Our own Alexandra Plane @a_plane1 leads a wonderful session on Jacobean books in @uofglibrary.….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO, PANEL ONE - Loci of Control. Joe Ellis talks us through the political efficacy of James’s royal progresses. ‘Th….
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RT @ResilienceScot: Have you played our children's preparedness game, 'Are you prepared?' or used it in your teaching? If so, please share….
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