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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
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Description for The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Paperback. With a new introduction from the author, this is the 25th anniversary edition of the Pulitzer prize-winning story of how the atomic bomb came to be. Num Pages: 896 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: JWM; PHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 58. Weight in Grams: 992.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan.
Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly - or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity, there was a span of hardly more than twenty-five years. What began as merely an interesting speculative problem in physics grew into the Manhattan Project, and then into the ... Read more
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan.
Few great discoveries have evolved so swiftly - or have been so misunderstood. From the theoretical discussions of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity, there was a span of hardly more than twenty-five years. What began as merely an interesting speculative problem in physics grew into the Manhattan Project, and then into the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
896
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781471111235
SKU
V9781471111235
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About Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes is the author of several books. He received the Pulitzer prize for THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB and the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize for DARK SUN. He has received numerous fellowships for research and writing, including grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation Program in ... Read more
Reviews for The Making of the Atomic Bomb
'A stirring intellectual adventure...clear, fast-paced and indispensable'
Carl Sagan 'A monumental and enthralling history... Alive and vibrant in the book are all the scientists...and each human being stands vividly revealed as a man of science, of conscience, of doubts, or of hubris'
San Francisco Chronicle
'The comprehensive history of the bomb - and also a work of ... Read more
Carl Sagan 'A monumental and enthralling history... Alive and vibrant in the book are all the scientists...and each human being stands vividly revealed as a man of science, of conscience, of doubts, or of hubris'
San Francisco Chronicle
'The comprehensive history of the bomb - and also a work of ... Read more