Atomic: The First War of Physics and the Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939 - 1949. Drawing on newly declassified material, Jim Baggott writes a monumental book that spans ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to the aftermath of 'Joe-1', August 1949's first Soviet atomic bomb test. Why did physicists persist in developing the atomic bomb, despite the devastation that it could bring? Why, despite having a clear he...
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