| The Making of the Atomic Bomb Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Rhodes, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1451677618 ISBN-13: 9781451677614 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare - Science | History - Science | Physics - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 623.451 |
| Physical Information: 1.67" H x 6.37" W x 9.28" (2.40 lbs) 896 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan, Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer Prize-winning book details the science, the people, and |
Contributor Bio(s): Rhodes, Richard: - Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He graduated from Yale University and has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public television's Frontline and American Experience series, he has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Visit his website: RichardRhodes.com |