false 16889 8 An engrossing history of the scientific discoveries, political maneuverings, and cold-war espionage leading to the creation of mankind's most destructive weapon. <P> Includes 94 archival photographs and a glossary with brief descriptions of the hundreds of people interviewed and discussed in the book. Author Richard Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his previous atomic tome, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. 2730465 1995 Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb total:155|5:43|4:74|3:30|2:7|1:1| 155 616 276 21 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jul 27 16:57:32 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 17:31:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Oct 31 03:12:51 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 03:21:22 -0700 2009
Rhodes not only vividly details the rampant anti-Semitism i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Mar 06 01:54:12 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:31:04 -0800 2009 The Making of the Atomic Bomb, but the tight-fistedness of Rhodes's sources render it slightly less informative. I hope to find out if the author's subsequent (and much more recent) follow-up Arsenals of Folly, fills in the gaps.

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