1. The book includes extensive context about the historical and newsworthy events that surround nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants in correlation to the plays analyzed.
2. The critically acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl is explored in chapter three and evaluated for the feeling of doom it creates for an audience watching.
3. The book makes comparisons of the pandemic to nuclear science history, acknowledging that culturally we do not always listen to scientific advice, and assessing how powerful governments often dismiss scientific dissent.