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The apocalypse factory : plutonium and the making of the atomic age

text The apocalypse factory : plutonium and the making of the atomic age

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"A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph--and the unimaginable, world-ending peril it brought us. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies... Read more
Contents
Part 1. The road to Hanford -- The chain reaction -- Element 94 -- The decision -- The Met Lab -- Plutonium at last -- The demonstration -- Part 2. A factory in the desert -- The evicted -- The builders -- The B Reactor -- The T Plant -- Implosion... Read more
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xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company 2020

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