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Atomic: The First War Of Physics And The Secret History Of The Atom Bomb, 1939-49 (2009)

by Jim Baggott(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

184831082X (ISBN13: 9781848310827)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Icon Books

review 1: This is an engrossing read, and clearer (to me, at least) than the previously read Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes, which is the measuring stick by which all A-Bomb books might be measured.The facts and theories are a little more "dumbed-down" and as such, more accessible. You don't need a degree to read this one, but it is just as compelling and lively.If you are looking for a concise, readable history of the Manhattan Project of WWII, this is your book.4 Stars.
review 2: It is with the privilege of familial legacy linked to this story of the race between US, Great Britain, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union to create the most destructive weapon ever imagined that prompted me to pick it up. I am glad I have. The backstory is haunting and all to0 real. My ... moreuncle was a nuclear physicist involved with security clearance WWII, friends with the eminent scientists and Nobel laureates that I even shared clambakes on the beaches near the Brookhaven Labs. My uncle used to take me on 'fieldtrips" to see such things as cyclotrons and listen to talks of fission and atom smashers.. So I have begun to wade into Jim Baggott's version. At times the law of physics overtakes the narrative but muscling through to the drama and personal stories is worth the effort. I will revisit a review when I am done. less

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