自从年初杜魯门宣布,美国将继续研究所有原子武器,包括氢弹在内以后,“氢弹”(hydrogen bomb)一名(亦译“氢原子弹”;至于报纸上有时看到的“氢气弹”一名,则是一种错误的译法),成为一个引人注意的科学名词,及战争贩子威脅和平的又一宣传工具。究竟氢弹是什么呢?在此不妨就我们所知道的,略说几句。正和普通原子弹一般,氢弹的可能造成,早就有人指出。十五年以前,在1935年的时候(那时候制造普通原子弹的道理,还没有以发现),德、美、英各国科学杂志,即载有基本的论據,指出氢弹的可能造成与其发出能量的巨大(参阅本年1月18日纽约时报)。这点当然对于苏联并不 Since the beginning of Truman’s announcement, the United States will continue to study all atomic weapons, including hydrogen bombs, and one “hydrogen bomb” (also known as “hydrogen bomb”); as for the “hydrogen bomb” that is sometimes seen in newspapers, The name is an erroneous translation. It has become an attractive scientific term, and another propaganda tool that war dealers threaten peace. What exactly is a hydrogen bomb? Let’s say a few words about what we know. As is common with ordinary atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs may have caused them to be pointed out. Fifteen years ago, in 1935 (at that time, the doctrine of ordinary atomic bombs had not yet been discovered), the scientific journals of Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom contained basic arguments and pointed out that the hydrogen bomb may cause it to emit energy. Huge (see the New York Times on January 18th of this year). Of course this is not for the Soviet Union