Before the Fall-Out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima by Diana Preston - 2005-09-13

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Like New.

London: Doubleday, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. London: Doubleday, 2005. First edition. Near Fine/good. Covering fifty years of scientific discovery, and eventual militarisation, of nuclear power. D.j. a bit grubby, minor creases

Doubleday UK, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good Condition, With Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please, See All Photos. - Spanning Fifty Years, Before The Fall-Out Tells The Full Story Of How An Exhilarating Quest To Unravel The Secrets Of The Material World Produced The Knowledge Of How To Destroy It. And Of How A Scientific Adventure Shared Openly Between Nuclear Physicists From Many Different Nations Transmuted Into A Secretive Wartime Race For The Ultimate Weapon Of Mass Destruction - The Atom Bomb. As Much As On The Science, Before The Fall-Out Focuses On The 'Human Chain Reaction' - The Intertwined Lives Of The Many Scientists Of Many Nations Whose Compulsive Curiosity Led, However Unwittingly, Ultimately To Hiroshima. In Her Page-Turning Account Diana Preston Reveals How Individuals Responded To Events - From Allied Scientists Debating The Morality Of Deploying The Bomb, To Japanese Civilians Who Became Its First Victims, And To A… Read More

London, Doubleday, 2005. Fine. Hardcover. 0385604386 . Frst edition 8vo 438 pages illustrated with black & white and colour photographs. Fine black cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Spanning fifty years, Before the Fall-Out tells the full story of how an exhilarating quest to unravel the secrets of the material world produced the knowledge of how to destroy it. And of how a scientific adventure shared openly between nuclear physicists from many different nations transmuted into a secretive wartime race for the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - the atom bomb. Diana Preston reveals how individuals responded to events - from Allied scientists debating the morality of deploying the bomb, to Japanese civilians who became its first victims, and to a German chemist working on the Nazi bomb project while concealing a Jewish pianist in his Berlin apartment. .

London: Doubleday, 2005. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Doubleday UK. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!