TITLE:
The first war of physics : the secret history of the atom bomb, 1939-1949 / Jim Baggott.
Former Title:
Atomic : the first war of physics and the secret history of the atomic bomb, 1939-49
By:
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books,
Edition:
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Physical Description:
xiv, 576 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-558) and index.
Summary:
The First War of Physics is the first fully realized popular account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon. The book draws on declassified material, such as MI6's Farm Hall transcripts, coded soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the soviet archives.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781605980843
General Note:
Originally published as: Atomic : the first war of physics and the secret history of the atomic bomb, 1939-49. (2009)
