The Making of the Atomic Bomb

By Richard Rhodes

Categories: History

Traces the development of the atomic bomb from Leo Szilard's concept through the drama of the race to build a workable device to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima.

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• Dario Amodei: “The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes, it's an example of technology being developed very quickly and with very broad implications.”
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