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Title: Critical Assembly : A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945 by Lillian Hoddeson, Paul W. Henriksen, Roger A. Meade, Catherine L. Westfall ISBN: 0-521-44132-3 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 May, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $140.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Read Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" First.
Comment: Without doubt, this is the finest account of the technical aspects of the race to produce an atomic weapon at Los Alamos before the end of WWII. As other reviewers have noted, you don't need a degree in physics to read this book; however, you do need endurance.
"Critical Assembly" is a plodding, straightforward, chronological narrative of how talent and materials came together to make a bomb; a techno-nerd's dream. There is no attempt to delve into politics and ethics, make the characters "come alive" with interesting personal glimpses, or place it all in historical perspective. For that you need Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb."
Still, the authors did not write "Critical Assembly" to be a riveting historical novel soon to be a blockbuster movie. For technical information, it is the best single book available. To understand why anyone would care how the atomic bomb was made, let alone plod through the technical details, read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" first.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Greatest Technical Achievement of the 20th Century
Comment: This book is THRILLING in the scope and depth of its description of HOW the bomb was made. This was a unique historical event in that the best brains in the world, stimulated by a sense of extreem urgency and given, in effect, unlimited physical and financial resources accomplished in the space of three years somthing that in the 1930's was considered as Science Fiction.
The book is highly readable and understandable by non technical people. This book is proof that "once upon a time" we did things "Right the First Time" in this country. An outstanding historical and technical account of the "ultimate" invention.
Rating: 5
Summary: Story of one of the most complex projects ever undertaken
Comment: Very well written and does not overwhelm the reader with technical minutia. This is an excellent companion to Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb and will please any student of the history of science.
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Title: The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb by Robert Serber, Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0520075765 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Los Alamos Beginning of an Era: 1943-1945 by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Public Relations Staff, Los Alamos Scientific Laborato ISBN: 0941232077 Publisher: Los Alamos Historical Society Pub. Date: December, 1986 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics by Edward Teller, Judith Shoolery ISBN: 0738207780 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0684824140 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 06 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: At the Abyss : An Insider's History of the Cold War by THOMAS REED ISBN: 0891418210 Publisher: Presidio Press Pub. Date: 09 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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