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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684813785
ISBN-139780684813783
eBay Product ID (ePID)459477
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaking of the Atomic Bomb
Number of Pages928 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Nuclear Warfare, General
Publication Year1995
IllustratorYes
GenreScience, History
AuthorRichard Lee Rhodes
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight40 oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN86-015445
ReviewsSan Francisco ChronicleA 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 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.
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal623.4/5119
Table Of ContentContents Part One: Profound and Necessary Truth1. Moonshine2. Atoms and Void3.Tvi4. The Long Grave Already Dug5. Men from Mars6. Machines7. Exodus8. Stirring and Digging9. An Extensive BurstPart Two: A Peculiar Sovereignty10. Neutrons11. Cross Sections12. A Communication from Britain13. The New World14. Physics and Desert Country15. Different Animals16. Revelations17. The Evils of This TimePart Three: Life and Death18. Trinity19. Tongues of FireEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
SynopsisThe author recounts the story of how the atomic bomb was developed, from the discovery at the turn of century of the vast energy locked inside the atom, to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan during the Second World War.