Rabu, 13 September 2017

The Reading List: Stephen Budiansky

The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes (1986) “By far the most complete history of the Manhattan Project, this is also a profound exploration of the sprawling interconnections between war, science, and society in the modern world. (And it turns out that physics can be as exciting as war in the hands of a …

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