THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB

Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains 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, Richar d Rhodes's Pulitzer Prize-winning book details the science, the people, and the socio-political realities that led to the developmen t of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to Worl d War Tw...[Read more]