The Making of the Atomic Bomb

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard Rhodes 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 1995-08
• ISBN 9780684813783
• 定价 154.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 896页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WithanewIntroductionbytheauthor,thetwenty-fifthanniversaryeditionofthePulitzerPrize-winningepicabouthowtheatomicbombcametobe.Inrich,human,political,andscientificdetail,hereisthecompletestoryofthenuclearbomb.Fewgreatdiscoverieshaveevolvedsoswiftly--orhavebeensomisunderstood.FromthetheoreticaldiscussionsofnuclearenergytothebrightglareofTrinitytherewasaspanofhardlymorethantwenty-fiveyears.WhatbeganmerelyasaninterestingspeculativeprobleminphysicsgrewintotheManhattanProject,andthenintotheBombwithfrighteningrapidity,whilescientistsknownonlytotheirpeers--Szilard,Teller,Oppenheimer,Bohr,Meitner,Fermi,Lawrence,andvonNeumann--steppedfromtheirivorytowersintothelimelight.RichardRhodestakesusonthatjourneystep-by-step,minutebyminute,andgivesusthedefinitivestoryofman'smostawesomediscoveryandinvention."TheMakingoftheAtomicBomb"isatonceanarrativetourdeforceandadocumentaspowerfulasitssubject.

【作者简介】

RichardRhodesistheauthorofseveralbooks.HereceivedthePulitzerprizeforTHEMAKINGOFTHEATOMICBOMBandtheHistoryofScienceSociety'sWatsonDavisandHelenMilesDavisPrizeforDARKSUN.

【目录】

Contents
Part One: Profound and Necessary Truth
1. Moonshine
2. Atoms and Void
3. Tvi
4. The Long Grave Already Dug
5. Men from Mars
6. Machines
7. Exodus
8. Stirring and Digging
9. An Extensive Burst
Part Two: A Peculiar Sovereignty
10. Neutrons
11. Cross Sections
12. A Communication from Britain
13. The New World
14. Physics and Desert Country
15. Different Animals
16. Revelations
17. The Evils of This Time
Part Three: Life and Death
18. Trinity
19. Tongues of Fire
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index