On the Beach Resources

Want to know how close we are to the end of the world? Click at your own peril...

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Gregory Peck? Ava Gardner? Nuclear radiation? Count us in.

Release you inner hipster and check out this vintage trailer for On the Beach.

The world could end in a lot of ways, so it's comforting to know that we can rule a few things out.

This fascinating article reveals the complicated history behind the Manhattan Project, which resulted in the first atomic bomb.

This video from the University of California tackles the Manhattan Project, the secret U.S. research project that culminated in the invention of the atom bomb.

Although the documentary Fallout focuses on the film adaptation of On the Beach, it still contains plenty of insight into the book.

In this brief NPR piece, author Myla Goldberg talks about her deep affection for On the Beach.

Want to know what it's like to be the dude in charge of launching nuclear bombs? Click it, Shmoopers.

This is an animated gif of a nuclear explosion. It's really, really, really big.

Man, they don't make book covers like they used to...