The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb now gives readers the enthralling, definitive story of the effort behind the creation of the H-Bomb--one of the most dramatic achievements in human history. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. 16 pages of photos. Index.
Author(s): Richard Rhodes
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 760
Tags: Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Оружие массового поражения;Ядерное вооружение;История ядерного вооружения;
Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Prologue: Deliveries......Page 14
PART ONE: A Choice Between Worlds......Page 22
1 A Smell of Nuclear Powder......Page 23
2 Diffusion......Page 45
3 Material of Immense Value......Page 62
4 A Russian Connection......Page 79
5 Super Lend-Lease......Page 90
6 Rendezvous......Page 99
7 Mass Production......Page 117
8 Explosions......Page 142
9 Provide the Bomb......Page 161
10 A Pretty Good Description......Page 176
PART TWO: New Weapons Added to the Arsenals......Page 195
11 Transitions......Page 197
12 Peculiar Sovereignties......Page 220
13 Changing History......Page 240
14 F-l......Page 276
15 Modus Vivendi......Page 297
16 Sailing Near the Wind......Page 314
17 Getting Down to Business......Page 336
18 This Buck Rogers Universe......Page 357
19 First Lightning......Page 376
20 Gung-ho for the Super......Page 394
PART THREE Scorpions in a Bottle......Page 421
21 Fresh Horrors......Page 423
22 Lessons of Limited War......Page 450
23 Hydrodynamic Lenses and Radiation Mirrors......Page 467
24 Mike......Page 510
25 Powers of Retaliation......Page 541
26 In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer......Page 558
27 Scorpions in a Bottle......Page 588
Epilogue: The Gradual Removal of Prejudices......Page 605
Acknowledgments......Page 617
Notes......Page 619
Glossary of Names......Page 699
Bibliography......Page 717
Index......Page 733
