The Doomsday Clock struck the first time in 1947. With the Clock's hands at seven minutes to midnight, concerned scientists tried desperately to get the world's attention. Unsuccessfully. We are closer to Midnight than ever before. Never before have we had more accurate nuclear weapons. Never before have we had such long-ranging missiles. As many as nine nation states currently have nuclear weapons in their arsenal, and even more dream about getting the superbomb. But how did we get there?_x000D_ Minutes to Midnight tells the global history of nuclear weapons. From nuclear scientific breakthroughs in the 1930s with Danish Nobel Physics Prize winner Niels Bohr in a leading role, to present-day nuclear hotspots in India, North Korea, and Iran. From the undisguised arms race between East and West to the shrouded threats of a shady Pakistani nuclear network. Nuclear weapons even influence our understanding of the looming threats of climate change. _x000D_ With every major event in the world, the iconic and political Clock's minute hand moves back and forth as scientists, peace movements and arms reduction treaties struggle to prevent the clock from striking midnight over mankind.