$56.90
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2021
Summary
The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post–Cold War present.
The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226020389 |
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| ISBN-10: | 022602038X |
| Author: | Alex Wellerstein |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 890g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This book tackles a big and important subject–nuclear secrecy–and illuminates its history with a wealth of new detail. Wellerstein provides a long, sweeping overview of secrecy in the nuclear age, tracking its evolution from the pre-World War II discovery of fission to the present. He surveys a vital topic through the mastery of difficult archival sources and assembles a coherent, compelling narrative.”–Peter Westwick, author of Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
Alex Wellerstein
Alex Wellerstein is assistant professor of science and technology studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He is the creator of the online nuclear weapons simulator NUKEMAP.
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