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Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons

Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons

Paperback

Series: Control of Nature

Sports GeneralWeapons of Mass Destruction

ISBN10: 1573925381
ISBN13: 9781573925389
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: Jan 1 1995
Pages: 139
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.05 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist. From the discovery of fission to the Manhattan Project, to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the arms race and early steps toward arms control, this book provides a context for developments in the period 1939-1963.Lawrence Badash traces the course of this tumultuous and apocalyptic period with scientific clarity and sympathetic understanding.

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