The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

Olson, Steve

ISBN 10: 0393634973 / ISBN 13: 9780393634976

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

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It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear chain reaction of inconceivable explosive power. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built to produce and weaponize the enigmatic and deadly new material that would fuel atomic bombs. In the desert of eastern Washington State, far from prying eyes, scientists Glenn Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and many thousands of others—the physicists, engineers, laborers, and support staff at the facility—manufactured plutonium for the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and for the bombs in the current American nuclear arsenal, enabling the construction of weapons with the potential to end human civilization.The Apocalypse Factory

Informazioni sull'autore: Steve Olson is the author of Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens (winner of a Washington State Book Award), Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award), and other books. He has written for the Atlantic, Science, Smithsonian, and more. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Titolo: The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Good