The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes
Taste attributes: historicaldocumentarywarbiographyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentarycomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, slow-burning non-fiction book, heavy rather than light. Best if you like patience over pace.
Pace: very slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan.
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- Richard Rhodes
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 886
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