Rhodes, Richard, 1937-

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.

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