Before the fallout : from Marie Curie to Hiroshima /

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Main Author: Preston, Diana, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., c2005.
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300 |a xiv, 400 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-379) and index. 
505 0 |a Prologue -- Brilliant in the darkness -- Rabbit from Antipodes -- Forces of nature -- Make physics boom -- Days of alchemy -- Persecution and purge -- Wonderful findings -- We may sleep fairly comfortably in our beds -- Cold room in Birmingham -- Maud Ray Kent -- Hitler's success could depend on it -- He said "bomb" in no uncertain terms -- We'll wipe the Japs out of the maps -- V.B. ok -- Best coup -- Beautiful and savage country -- Mr. Baker -- Heavy water -- Boon or disaster? -- This thing is going to be very big -- Germany had no atomic bomb -- Profound psychological impression -- Elongated trash can with fins -- It's Hiroshima -- Mother will not die -- New fact in the world's power politics -- Epilogue -- Notes and sources -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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650 0 |a Atomic bomb  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
651 0 |a Hiroshima-shi (Japan)  |x History  |y Bombardment, 1945. 
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