An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.
An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.--[Source inconnue].
An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.
Relates the politics and the physics of the ten-year race to build the world's most destructive weapon, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the aftermath of the first Soviet atomic bomb test.
An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.
This is the untold story of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. In 1950, Hungarian-born scientist Leo Szilard made a dramatic announcement on American radio: science was on the verge of creating a doomsday bomb, a huge cobalt-clad H-bomb that would pollute the atmosphere wi…
This is the untold story of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. In 1950, Hungarian-born scientist Leo Szilard made a dramatic announcement on American radio: science was on the verge of creating a doomsday bomb, a huge cobalt-clad H-bomb that would pollute the atmosphere wi…
The author 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 dro…
A narrative account of the scientists who discovered that nuclear fission was possible and then became morally concerned about its implications.
