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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
AuthorRichard Rhodes
CountryUnited States
SubjectManhattan Project
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback), E-book, Audio
Pages886 (hardcover)
ISBN978-0-671-44133-3
OCLC231117096
Dewey Decimal
623.4/5119/09 19
LC ClassQC773 .R46 1986

The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a history book written by the American journalist and historian Richard Rhodes, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1987. The book won multiple awards, including Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The narrative covers people and events from early 20th century discoveries leading to the science of nuclear fission, through the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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