The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Rhodes, Richard - 1986

Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Edition (1986.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 886 pages. The book is in very good condition very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. The dust jacket is in good to very good condition with some shelf wear and rubbing to rear cover. Pictures available upon request. Illustrated. "**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." Black spine/White text. #033895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Nuclear Weapons & Warfare Hist.