The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Rhodes, Richard

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1988

0684813785 / 9780684813783

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886 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Map. Chart. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Wear, corner crease and soiling to covers. Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American historian, journalist and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986), and most recently, The Twilight of the Bombs (2010). Rhodes has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation among others. Rhodes is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He also frequently gives lectures and talks on a broad range of subjects to various audiences, including testifying before the U.S. Senate on nuclear energy. The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a contemporary history book written by the American journalist and historian Richard Rhodes, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1987. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. The narrative covers people and events from early 20th century discoveries leading to the science of nuclear fission, through the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Praised both by historians and former Los Alamos weapon scientists, the book is considered a general authority on early nuclear weapons history, as well as the development of modern physics in general, during the first half of the 20th century. Nobel Laureate I. I. Rabi, one of the key participants in the dawn of the atomic age, called it "an epic worthy of Milton.the whole story put down with such elegance. and in such revealing detail." Derived from a Kirkus review: A magnificent account of a central reality of our times, incorporating deep scientific expertise, broad political and social knowledge, and ethical insight, and enhanced with beautifully written biographical sketches of the men and women who created nuclear physics. Rhodes describes in detail the great scientific achievements that led up to the invention of the atomic bomb. Everything of importance is examined, from the discovery of the atomic nucleus and of nuclear fission to the emergence of quantum physics, the invention of the cyclotron, the creation of such man-made elements as plutonium, and implementation of the nuclear chain reaction in uranium. Rhodes shows how these achievements were thrust into the arms of the state, which culminated in the unfolding of the nuclear arms race. Often brilliantly, he records the rise of fascism and of anti-Semitism, and the intensification of nationalist ambitions. He traces the outbreak of WW II, which provoked a hysterical rivalry among nations to devise the bomb. Rhodes depicts the scale of the Manhattan Project. His account of the dropping of the bomb itself, and of the awful firebombing that prepared its way, is unforgettable. Rhodes has written a book of great drama and sweep. A superb accomplishment. 1st Touchstone Edition [Stated]. 1st Paperback Printing [stated].…

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Titel
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Autor
Rhodes, Richard
Verlag
Simon and Schuster, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
1988
Zustand
good
Einband
Trade paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0684813785
ISBN-13
9780684813783
Auflage
1. Auflage
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