Book recommendation:
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
Paperback
ISBN 1471111237
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Maybe the best book of any kind that I've ever read. I loved this as a simultaneous story of the evolution of modern physics, the escalation of the brutality of war, adn the challenges overcome in managing a massive engineering project. Totally gripping stuff. On top of all that the quality of the writing is mesmerizing.
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@bearner, July 2015.