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  • Title Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created the Nuclear Age
  • Author Amir D. Aczel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
  • Date 2010-11-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780230103351 / 0230103359
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.7 in (22.35 x 14.22 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
  • Dewey Decimal Code 621.480

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Amir D. Aczel is the author of 14 books, including The Riddle of the Compass, The Mystery of the Aleph, and the international bestseller Fermat's Last Theorem. An internationally known writer of mathematics and science and a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, he lives near Boston.

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