The making of the atomic bomb /
Richard Rhodes.
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c1986.
- 886 p., [42] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 848-861.
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.