A lightly handled copy -- near fine in trade paperback. A clean copy -- no markings of any kind. Ships from NC. All softcover books are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with recycled cardboard backing, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (Y-3.).

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Title

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Publisher

Touchstone Press

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

0671657194

ISBN 13

9780671657192

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

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Rhodes tells, for the first time, in rich human, political and scientific detail, the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. 128 photos.

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This winner of the NBCC, NBA and Pulitzer prizes is being published to coincide with the 50th anniversaries of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the hardcover publication of Rhodes's new book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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