All 13 Uses of
atom
in
The Martian Chronicles
- There was going to be a big atomic war on Earth in about two years, and he didn't want to be here when it happened.†
Chpt 5
- Don't leave me here on this terrible world, I've got to get away; there's going to be an atom war!†
Chpt 5
- Well, what would the best weapon be that a Martian could use against Earth Men with atomic weapons?†
Chpt 6
- Looking at all this, we know we're not so hot; we're kids in rompers, shouting with our play rockets and atoms, loud and alive.†
Chpt 7
- If things work out they hope to establish three atomic research and atom bomb depots on Mars.†
Chpt 7
- If things work out they hope to establish three atomic research and atom bomb depots on Mars.†
Chpt 7
- They'll be flopping their filthy atoms bombs up here, fighting for bases to have wars.†
Chpt 7
- I know, we came up here to get away from things——politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws——I know.†
Chpt 20
- "If," said his wife slowly, watching the sky, "there's no atomic war.†
Chpt 21
- I don't trust no atom bombs.†
Chpt 21 *
- They could read the great Morsecode flashes which flickered like a distant firefly: AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT ATOMIZED IN PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF ATOMIC STOCKPILE.†
Chpt 22
- Dad had brought an atomic radio along, strapped to his wrist.†
Chpt 26
- The radio just went off the atomic beam.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(atom) the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means; comprised of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons