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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons—from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to World War Two and the Americans’ race to beat Hitler’s Nazis. That competition launched the Manhattan Project and the nearly overnight construction of a vast military-industrial complex that culminated in ...
The Discoveries
In this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA. These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many others. With remarkable insight, Lightman charts the intellectual and emotional landscape of the time, portrays the human drama of discovery, and explains the significance and impact of the work. Finally he includes a fascinating and unique guided tour through the original papers in which the discoveries were revealed. Here is science writing at its best–beautiful, lyrical and completely accessible. It brings the process of discovery to life before our very eyes.
Einstein's Mirror
Lavishly illustrated, fascinating and accessible introduction to Einstein's relativity for general readers, school students and undergraduates.
Earth Science: The physics and chemistry of earth
Presents cross-referenced essays on basic topics related to planetology and Earth from space; each essay includes an annotated bibliography.
Four British Women Novelists: Anita Brookner, Margaret Drabble, Iris Murdoch, Barbara Pym
This excellent bibliography will help researchers, scholars, general readers, and librarians identify what has been written about Anita Brookner, Margaret Drabble, Iris Murdoch, and Barbara Pym
