The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
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Editor: Cynthia C. KellyIntroduction: Richard Rhodes
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-10
ISBN: 1579128084
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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- ISBN13: 9781579128081
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: Note to self: In the future pay attention to the book description
Summary: 3 Stars
When I added this book to my Christmas list I must have skimmed over the part about it being just a compilation of other writer's work. Upon receiving it, I anxiously opened the book looking forward to a story describing the history of the Manhattan Project. Instead, I found, a mildly disjointed compilation of excerpts from books, articles, and official reports. Honestly, I have nobody but myself to blame for not reading the book description. Having said that, I can't really recommend this book. I'm giving it three stars only because it does contain real factual information (it doesn't get more real than regurgitating other people's work). On the whole it was a boring read. The last section on the world after the bomb was particularly boorish in it's heavy emphasis on revisionist and apologist history on the use of the bomb against Japan.
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Summary of The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
The first collection ever of the writings and insights of the original creators of the atomic bomb, along with pieces by the most important historians and interpreters of the subject, is now in paperback.Born out of a small research program begun in 1939, the Manhattan Project eventually employed more than 130,000 people, including our foremost scientists and thinkers, and cost nearly $2 billion-and it was operated under a shroud of absolute secrecy. This groundbreaking collection of documents, essays, articles, and excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters, and the oral histories of key eyewitnesses is the freshest, most exhaustive exploration yet of the topic.
Compiled by experts at the Atomic Heritage Foundation, the book features first-hand material by Albert Einstein, Leslie Groves, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Niels Bohr, Henry Stimson, and many others.
Dozens of photographs depict key moments and significant figures, and concise explanatory material accompanies each selection. The project's aftermath and legacy are covered as well, making this the most comprehensive account of the birth of the atomic age.
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