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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes, 1986
Long read, about 886 pagesPulitzer Prize, 1988.
The science, people and choices behind the bomb. Gripping and humane.
Talk about it
- Who carried the most responsibility for the bomb: the scientists, the politicians, or no one?
- Did the science make sense to you as told? Which part helped you understand it best?
- What do you think the people who built it owed the rest of the world?
Questions we wrote from what the book covers. They don’t give away the plot. How we pick. For more, try our questions for any book.