The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Author: Richard Rhodes

Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the 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 nuclea….Read More

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