Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb

Groueff, Stephane

ISBN 10: 0316329738 / ISBN 13: 9780316329736

Published by Little Brown & Co, Boston, MA, 1967

About this Item

416 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. NOTE: This copy is NOT a book club edition. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316329738
• ISBN 13: 9780316329736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Describes the scientists, technicians, and businesses who participated in America's 3-year project to construct the atomic bomb

About the Author

Stephane Groueff is a Bulgarian born journalist and author. After the Communists siezed power in 1944, he lived in exile in Switzerland, France and the United States. He was a reporter for Paris Match with the magazine's original team and became its New York Bureau Chief for twenty years, until 1978. As a United States citizen, he now lives in New York with his American wife.