Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb, Paperback - Jim Ottaviani

Reducere. So, you've always wanted to learn how to build an atomic bomb? You're in luck: Jim Ottaviani is not only a comics writer...he also has a master's d...

With a new introduction from the author, this is the 25th anniversary edition of the Pulitzer prize-winning story of how the atomic bomb came to be.

"Well there it is. It won't work, but you must bloody well make it, " said the chief of Britain's military leaders, when he gave orders to begin pl...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. With a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against...

Reducere. On August 9, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing tens of thousands of people in the blink of an eye, while fa...

This scintillating narrative of spies and science shows how the atomic bomb was the unnecessary product of mistrust and deceit between America and ...

A highly accurate, thoroughly researched, alternate history.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Jim MangiIllustration(s): 37 black and white...

Reducere. The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the hum...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 241 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul ...

Reducere. J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for ...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Andrew RamseyNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 164 x 244 x 37...

Reducere. On the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, Hugo and Nebula-winning author Robert J. Sawyer takes us back in time to revisit histor...

Reducere. In this book, Mark Walker - a historical scholar of Nazi science - brings to light the overwhelming impact of Hitler's regime on science and, ultim...

Reducere. This original graphic novel features famous women scientists including Marie Curie, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClinto...

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in th...

Reducere. The #1 national bestselling "riveting" (The New York Times), "propulsive" (Time) behind-the-scenes account "that reads like a tense thriller" (The ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jo Ellen BarnettA perfect balance of science, history, and sociology, Time's Pendulum traces the important developments in ...

Reducere. An unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America's most brilliant--and most divisive--scien...

DescriptionAlan Turing (1912-1954) was the mathematician credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, enabling the Allies to ...

This updated edition of this essential collection of historic writings by the pre-eminent scientists and historians who bore witness to the birth o...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Ado...

The Atom Bomb was crucial to a world dominated by the Cold War. Yet the stories of those who gave atom secrets to Russia has never fully been told....

New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate priz...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert JungkAuthor: Jungk RobertTranslator: James CleughAn account of the remarkable scientists who discovered that nuclear...

DescriptionIn the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incr...

Revelatory story of how all modern non-Africans sprang from a single exodus out of Africa just 85, 000 years agoPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group...

Richly illustrated, Samuel Kloda's chronicle of the dawn of the atomic age sets the record straight on one of the greatest scientific advancements ...

'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of CambridgePublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): ...

Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little-known female scientists who were critical to the invention of the atomic bomb d...

A New York Times Bestseller Selected as a 2017 ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens: Nonfiction Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland P...

Reducere. Description Einstein looked up to him, the Nazis tried to abduct him, his institute in Copenhagen hosted just about every Nobel prize winner in phy...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Leo StraussNumber of pages: 272Collection: The Leo Strauss Transcript SeriesPublication date: ...

Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, ...

Reducere. Anybody who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. Niels Bohr's dictum bears witness to the bewildering impact of quantum theory, ...

An original and fascinating study of the weapon and technical developments as a result of WW2.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): David Wrag...