The making of the atomic bomb
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New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2012].
Edition
25th anniversary ed., Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
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838 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
623.4511 RHODES 2012
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2012].
Format
Book
Edition
25th anniversary ed., Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Language
English

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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1986. With a new foreword.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 805-818) and index.
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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 the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to World War Two and the Americans’ race to beat Hitler’s Nazis. That competition launched the Manhattan Project and the nearly overnight construction of a vast military-industrial complex that culminated in the fateful dropping of the first bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reading like a character-driven suspense novel, the book introduces the players in this saga of physics, politics, and human psychology—from FDR and Einstein to the visionary scientists who pioneered quantum theory and the application of thermonuclear fission, including Planck, Szilard, Bohr, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Teller, Meitner, von Neumann, and Lawrence.,Provided by Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rhodes, R. (2012). The making of the atomic bomb (25th anniversary ed., Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.). Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rhodes, Richard, 1937-. 2012. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rhodes, Richard, 1937-. The Making of the Atomic Bomb Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rhodes, Richard. The Making of the Atomic Bomb 25th anniversary ed., Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.

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