COMPARATIVE COURTESY: The Atomic Age. On July 16, 1945 the United States tested the first atomic bomb, and a month later it was used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Shortly afterward New York journalist William L. Laurence coined the term “The Atomic Age.” Join Ronald Brown for this discussion. On December 14, The Age of Aquarius/New Age. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 3 p.m.