A gripping, authoritative account of the men, women, science, drama and intrigue behind the single most important event of the century: the discovery of nuclear energy and construction of the atomic bomb. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.
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A gripping, authoritative account of the men, women, science, drama and intrigue behind the single most important event of the century: the discovery of nuclear energy and construction of the atomic bomb. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.
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Add this copy of TheMaking of the Atomic Bomb to cart. $38.95, good condition, Sold by Delight of Life Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from CEDAR, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Simon & Schuster.
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Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Dust jacket is slightly chipped and has a few tears. Has a faint scent of old perfume and cigarettes. Pages are slightly yellowed. Interior is clean. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 886 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x2x9; First edition (stated, with $22.95 jacket price). Top edge faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1987 Hard Cover. 928 pp. "The breadth and scope of this gripping narrative is almost as impressive as the story itself. Rhodes ( Looking for America describes the theoretical origins of the bomb, the lab experiments, the building of the prototype, the test at Alamagordo, the training of the B-29 crews assigned to deliver the first two combat bombs and the missions themselves. There's much more. Rhodes, gifted with sharp psychological insight and a novelist's ability to convey character, reveals the personalities and emotional dynamics among Niels Bohr, Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, Ernest Lawrence, Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves, Colonel Paul Tibbets and others responsible for conceiving, engineering, testing and ultimately dropping the apocalyptic devices on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In addition he describes the struggle in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to make the first bomb, as well as the political and military events that led inexorably to the destruction of the Japanese cities. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject to date. Illustrations. BOMC alternate.
