The Making of the Atomic Bomb | Review of The Making of the Atomic Bomb
In the following review, Wang calls The Making of the Atomic Bomb ‘‘a most up-to-date and surely most readable version of the exciting story.’’
This Pulitzer and National Book Prize-winning work (for 1987) by Richard Rhodes is an exceptionally well-written account of the building and use of the first nuclear weapons. Rhodes presents an extensive historical exploration of the scientific and political background to the bomb that focuses on people—the scientists, engineers, and administrators. He synthesizes a large amount of material, most of it published, and ably weaves various lines of development together to render a most up-to-date and surely most readable version of the exciting story.
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