Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima - Paperback

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Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima - Paperback

Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima - Paperback

by Diana Preston
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Book Overview

In 1898, Marie Curie first described a phenomenon she called "radioactivity." A half-century later, two physicists would stand before dawn in the New Mexico desert, slathering themselves with sunscreen-and fearing that the imminent test detonation might ignite Earth's atmosphere in a cataclysmic chain reaction and transform our planet into a burning star.

This is the epic story of Curie's quest to unlock the secrets of the material world; of the scientists-Rutherford, Bohr, Einstein, Oppenheimer-who built upon her work; of the day the first weapon of mass destruction dropped on Hiroshima, bringing both sudden terror and sudden peace, and of the new era of global uncertainty that emerged in its wake. With the clarity of great science writing, the vividness of historical narrative and the insight of biography, Before the Fallout is an unforgettable and sweeping account of the scientific discovery that changed the world.

ISBN9780425207895
Author Diana Preston
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages416
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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