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The first war of physics : the secret history of the atom bomb, 1939-1949
Atomic 2009
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- Summary
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An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.
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- Creator
- Jim Baggott
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First Pegasus Books cloth edition
- New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2010
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781605980843, 1605980846
- OCLC
- ocn586098018
- Originally published as: Atomic : the first war of physics and the secret history of the atomic bomb, 1939-49. London : Icon, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-558) and index.
- Pt. I. Mobilisation. The uranverein -- Element 94 -- Critical mass -- A visit to Copenhagen -- Tube alloys -- pt. II. Weapon. A modest request -- The Italian navigator -- Los Alamos Ranch School -- [ENORMOZ] -- Escape from Copenhagen -- pt. III. War. Uncle Nick -- Mortal crimes -- Alsos and AZUSA -- The final push -- Trinity -- Hypocentre -- Operation Epsilon -- pt. IV. Proliferation. [Dognat i peregnat] -- Iron Curtain -- Crossroads -- Arzamas-16 -- Joe-1