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Science fiction Posted on Author : Cynthia C. Atomic bomb Posted on Posted on Study Aids Posted on It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled.

The Pulizer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb narrates the story of the postwar superpower arms race that culminated in the Reagan-Gorbachev era when the U.

The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes. The Manhattan Project by Al Cimino. Hiroshima by John Hersey. Nobel Laureate I. Rabi, one of the prime participants in the dawn of the atomic age, called it 'an epic worthy of Milton. No where else have I seen the whole story put down with such elegance and gusto and in such revealing detail and simple language which carries the reader through wonderful and profound scientific discoveries and their application.

R46 Followed by Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb The Making of the Atomic Bomb Author:, Date: 26 Dec , Views: Rhodes Looking for America describes the theoretical origins of the bomb, the lab experiments, the building of the prototype, the test at Alamagordo, the training of the B crews assigned to deliver the first two combat bombs and the missions themselves.

Editorial Reviews. If the first pages of this book had been published. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Instead, he suggests that the explosions had nothing to do with national security as conventionally understood. Instead he demonstrates the linkages that existed between the two apparently separate discourses of national security and national development, and explores their common underlying basis in postcolonial states.

The result is a remarkable book that breaks new ground in integrating comparative politics, international relations and cultural studies. A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb.

It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear chain reaction of inconceivable explosive power.

In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs.

In the desert of eastern Washington State, far from prying eyes, scientists Glenn Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and many thousands of others—the physicists, engineers, laborers, and support staff at the facility—manufactured plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and for the bombs in the current American nuclear arsenal, enabling the construction of weapons with the potential to end human civilization. With his characteristic blend of scientific clarity and storytelling, Steve Olson asks why Hanford has been largely overlooked in histories of the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.

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