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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13793436 Title: The making of the atomic bomb Author: Richard Rhodes; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1986. ISBN/ISSN: 0671441337 9780671441333 0684813785 9780684813783 0671657194 9780671657192 OCLC:13793436

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The making of the atomic bomb

Author:	Richard Rhodes; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection.
Publisher:	New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1986.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Document Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Describes in human, political, and scientific detail the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the power of the atom, to the first bombs dropped on Japan.
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Subjects	Oppenheimer, J. Robert -- 1904-1967 Atomic bomb -- History. Bombe atomique -- Histoire. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Rhodes, Richard, 1937- Making of the atomic bomb. New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1986 (OCoLC)755268018
Named Person:	J Robert Oppenheimer
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Computer File, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Richard Rhodes; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. Find more information about:
ISBN:	0671441337 9780671441333 0684813785 9780684813783 0671657194 9780671657192
OCLC Number:	13793436
Awards:	Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1988.
Description:	886 pages, [42] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:	Part 1. Profound and necessary truth -- 1. Moonshine -- 2. Atoms and void -- 3. Tvi -- 4. The long grave already dug -- 5. Men from Mars -- 6. Machines -- 7. Exodus -- 8. Stirring and digging -- 9. An extensive burst -- Part 2. A peculiar sovereignty -- 10. Neutrons -- 11. Cross sections -- 12. A communication from Britain -- 13. The new world -- 14. Physics and desert country -- 15. Different animals -- 16. Revelations -- 17. The evils of this time -- Part 3. Life and death -- 18. Trinity -- 19. Tongues of fire -- Epilogue.
Responsibility:	Richard Rhodes.

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The 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 Read more...

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