Science fiction predicting the consequences of nuclear research

The article deals with science fiction; indicates that science fiction can predict global disasters; the most famous works predicting nuclear research are indicated. American writer Cleve Cartmill describes the then secret atomic bomb in some detail in his science fiction story Deadline. The story was first published in 1944 in Astounding Science Fiction. The writer described two small hemispheres of uranium-235, the detonation mechanism and spoke in detail about the consequences of the explosion - a bright flash, extremely high temperature, a powerful shock wave capable of demolishing even the most durable structures, and radiation that destroys all living things.