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The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
New York : Simon & Schuster, [1986]
Format: Book
Description: 886 pages, 42 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Subjects:
Atomic bomb -- History.
ISBN: 0671441337
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Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 848-861.
National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1987.

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