Richard Rhodes (1) (1937–)
Autor(a) de The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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About the Author
Richard Rhodes, the award-winning author of twenty-two books, lives and works mi the California coast above Half Moon Bay.
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Séries
Obras por Richard Rhodes
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (2011) 533 exemplares
Visions Of Technology: A Century Of Vital Debate About Machines Systems And The Human World (1999) 180 exemplares
The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons (2010) 127 exemplares
Associated Works
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contribuidor — 464 exemplares
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 exemplares
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contribuidor — 389 exemplares
The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians (2007) — Introdução — 307 exemplares
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present (2007) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
Eso: How You and Your Lover Can Give Each Other Hours of Extended Sexual Orgasm (1983) — Editor — 77 exemplares
Oppenheimer and The Manhattan Project: Insights Into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father Of The Atomic Bomb" (Manhattan… (2005) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Rhodes, Richard Lee
- Data de nascimento
- 1937-07-04
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Locais de residência
- Half Moon Bay, California, USA
Kansas City, Missouri, USA - Educação
- Yale University
- Ocupações
- journalist
historian
novelist - Organizações
- Atomic Heritage Foundation
Membros
Críticas
Hard to imagine a world without the A-Bomb. Also hard to imagine how a small group of Jewish scientist emigres convinced the US Government to make the biggest investment in weaponry ever based on a belief that the Nazi's would get there first. But they did, and the Nazi's didn't. Thank goodness.
In contrast to a lot of what is presented for the public's edification (and titillation) in this day and age of confession, A Hole in the World is a work that is completely selfless. Richard Rhodes is here to share three crucial and helpful things with us. His story is a difficult one, but told so well and sincerely that I found it mesmerizing.
I was very impressed with the work the author put into this book.
I got an overview of the development of the nuclear physics field from 1900 forward thru WWII.
I got a better understanding of the decision making process for German scientists as they departed Germany under Hitler.
I got a new understanding of the amount of chemistry work required as they tried various ways to create a chain reaction, and manage it.
I got a better grasp of the magnitude (and pace!) of the Manhattan Project.
I got a better understanding of how the rationale to drop the bomb on a city was made. Part of this was a better grasp of the nature of the fire-bombing of German cities and its rationale - which was lead up to the nuclear bomb decision.
And finally, painfully, I got a painful grasp of the devastation of the bomb when dropped.… (mais)
I got an overview of the development of the nuclear physics field from 1900 forward thru WWII.
I got a better understanding of the decision making process for German scientists as they departed Germany under Hitler.
I got a new understanding of the amount of chemistry work required as they tried various ways to create a chain reaction, and manage it.
I got a better grasp of the magnitude (and pace!) of the Manhattan Project.
I got a better understanding of how the rationale to drop the bomb on a city was made. Part of this was a better grasp of the nature of the fire-bombing of German cities and its rationale - which was lead up to the nuclear bomb decision.
And finally, painfully, I got a painful grasp of the devastation of the bomb when dropped.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 8,966
- Popularidade
- #2,684
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 160
- ISBN
- 172
- Línguas
- 9
- Marcado como favorito
- 14
The quote from the Bhagavad Gita was Oppenheimer's reaction to the test bomb, the Trinity, carried out on July 15, 1945. Up until that time, the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project were not completely sure if the bomb would work. Shortly before the test, Fermi "offered to take wagers from his fellow scientists on whether or not the bomb would ignite the atmosphere, and if so whether it would merely destroy the world." (p. 665)
The book chronicles verbose detail, the scientific discoveries, historical events, and political decisions that led to the new and most cruel bomb" (Emperor Hirohito) to ignite over Japan in August of 1945. The horror it unleashed is described in the last chapter. Survivors are quoted and their accounts are painful to read.
"In my mind's eye, like a waking dream, I could see the tongues of fire at work on the bodies of men." - Masugi Ibuse, "Black Rain
Many of the scientists were horrified at the bomb's use, but as one survivor asked, "Those scientists who invented the bomb, wrote a young woman who was a fourth-grade student at Horsima- "what did they think would happen if they dropped it?"
… (mais)