Title:
The first war of physics : the secret history of the atom bomb, 1939-1949 / Jim Baggott.
Author:
Baggott, J. E.
Baggott, J. E. Atomic.
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Call Number:
QC773 .B24 2010
Abstract:
An account of the race to build history's most destructive weapon to date.
Edition:
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
ISBN:
9781605980843
9781605981970
Physical Description:
xiv, 576 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published as: Atomic : the first war of physics and the secret history of the atomic bomb, 1939-49. London : Icon, 2009.
Contents:
pt. 1. Mobilisation -- The uranverein -- Element 94 -- Critical mass -- A visit to Copenhagen -- Tube alloys -- pt. 2. Weapon -- A modest request -- The Italian navigator -- Los Alamos Ranch School -- [ENORMOZ] -- Escape from Copenhagen -- pt. 3. War -- Uncle Nick -- Mortal crimes -- Alsos and AZUSA -- The final push -- Trinity -- Hypocentre -- Operation Epsilon -- pt. 4. Proliferation -- [Dognat i peregnat] -- Iron Curtain -- Crossroads -- Arzamas-16 -- Joe-1.
Added Author:
Uniform Title:
Atomic 2009
Personal Author:
