The basis of everything: Rutherford, Oliphant and the making of the atomic bomb 9781460755235, 9781460709559, 1460755235

The Basis of Everything: Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Atomic Bomb [Original retail ed.] 1460755235, 978-1460709559

Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was the twentieth

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The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State 1856496309, 9781856496308

In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new right-wing BJP Government set off several more, encounterin

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition 9781439126226, 9781451677614

The definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear e

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Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb: Nuclear Weapons and the Transformation of Warfare 1317520092, 9781317520092

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons – an

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Atomic Imperialism: The State, Monopoly, and the Bomb

Allen, James S. Atomic Imperialism: The State, Monopoly, and the Bomb. New York: International Publishers, 1952.

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Rutherford and the Nature of the Atom

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The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War 9780300142655

After a devastating world war, culminating in the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was clear that the United S

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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb 9780307773128

With a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to

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Atomic Bomb Cinema 0415936608

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The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II 9781400868261

This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to thei

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