Richard Rhodes's The Making of the Atomic Bomb
I've probably read Rhodes's book 20x. As I am forever pitching it to my friends: a serious work of history that reads like a thriller.
Glad to hear you liked it, too.
Best ever popular book on science of any flavour.
The nanosecond by nanosecond description of what a fission bomb explosion IS, is amazing!
This is an incredible book — glad to hear you liked it! I wrote about it just before the movie came out, and had a similar reaction. https://fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb
I've probably read Rhodes's book 20x. As I am forever pitching it to my friends: a serious work of history that reads like a thriller.
Glad to hear you liked it, too.
Best ever popular book on science of any flavour.
The nanosecond by nanosecond description of what a fission bomb explosion IS, is amazing!
This is an incredible book — glad to hear you liked it! I wrote about it just before the movie came out, and had a similar reaction. https://fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb