The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb is Richard Rhodes’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical account that traces the scientific, political, and human story behind the development of nuclear weapons during World War II.

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instanceOf history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
science history book ⓘ
author Richard Rhodes ⓘ
linked to: James Gleick
awarded National Book Award ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction ⓘ
awardYear 1988 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
features biographical sketches of scientists ⓘ
political and military context of World War II ⓘ
technical explanations of nuclear physics ⓘ
focusesOn impact of nuclear weapons on global politics ⓘ
international scientific collaboration and competition ⓘ
race to build the first atomic bomb ⓘ
genre history of science ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasSequel Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb ⓘ
influenced public understanding of nuclear history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFigureCovered Albert Einstein ⓘ
Edward Teller ⓘ
Enrico Fermi ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
Leo Szilard ⓘ
Leslie Groves ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
pages approximately 800 ⓘ
publicationDate 1986 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
recognizedAs classic work on the history of the atomic bomb ⓘ
setting Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
structure narrative history ⓘ
subject Manhattan Project ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
development of nuclear weapons ⓘ
ethical issues of nuclear weapons ⓘ
history of nuclear physics ⓘ
political decision-making about nuclear weapons ⓘ
scientific research in wartime ⓘ
timePeriodCovered late 19th century to 1945 ⓘ

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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb → follows → The Making of the Atomic Bomb ⓘ