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Nukespeak
Sierra Club Books 2011; US$ 18.95A language of euphemism and distortiona language like newspeak” from George Orwell’s 1984 has profoundly shaped public debate about nuclear technology since its inception. After World War II, nuclear developers used information-management techniques, including official secrecy and public relations, to promote what one... more...
Remembering The Manhattan Project
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 58.50During World War II, nations raced to construct the world?s first nuclear weapon that would determine the future of the world. The Manhattan Project, one of the most significant achievements of the 20th century, was the culmination of America?s war effort. Today, although the issue of nuclear weapons frequently dominates world politics, few are... more...
Critical Assembly
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 58.00An exploration of how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. more...
The History of Nuclear Power
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 45.00The discovery and application of nuclear power is one of the most profound scientific accomplishments of the 20th century, beginning with tentative explorations of the structure of matter, expanding into a rapid succession of unexpected discoveries, and finally settling into a seamless transition from theoretical science to applied engineering. Science... more...
Stalin's Great Science
World Scientific Publishing Company 2004; US$ 75.40World-class science and technology developed in the Soviet Union during Stalin's dictatorial rule under conditions of political violence, lack of international contacts, and severe restrictions on the freedom of information. Stalin's Great Science: The Times and Adventures of Soviet Physicists is an invaluable book that investigates this paradoxical... more...
Uranium Wars
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 9.99The author of Fermat's Last Theorem tackles the cause of the last century's most destructive event - the discovery of nuclear power. Aczel presents the fascinating story of the rival scientists who uncovered uranium's potential and reveals the ongoing tale of an element that is never far from today's headlines. more...
The Physics of the Manhattan Project
Springer 2010; US$ 54.99The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This book, prepared by a gifted teacher of physics, explores the challenges that faced the members of the Manhattan project. In doing so it gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-level... more...
The Quantum Exodus
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 33.99It was no accident that the Holocaust and the Atomic Bomb happened at the same time. When the Nazis came into power in 1933, their initial objective was not to get rid of Jews. Rather, their aim was to refine German culture: Jewish professors and teachers at fine universities were sacked. Atomic science had attracted a lot of Jewish talent, and as... more...
The Los Alamos Primer
University of California Press 1992; US$ 31.96The classified lectures that galvanized the Manhattan Project scientists?with annotations for the nonspecialist reader and an introduction by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. In March 1943 a group of young scientists, sequestered on a mesa near Santa Fe, attended a crash course in the new atomic physics. The lecturer was Robert Serber, J. Robert... more...









