The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Rhodes, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671441337
- ISBN 13
- 9780671441333
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, a book written by Richard Rhodes, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. The 900-page book is a narrative of the history of the people and events during World War II from the discoveries leading to the science of nuclear fission in the 1930s, through the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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- Bookseller
- Jero Books and Templet Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033895
- Title
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671441337
- ISBN 13
- 9780671441333
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rhodes, Richard Oppenheimer Nuclear Warfare Trinity at Alamogordo
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