
Traces the life of the atomic bomb, from its birth in turn-of-the-century physics labs in Europe, to its maturity in test sites and missile silos around the globe, examining the implications and legacy of this powerful weapon of mass destruction.

Bombs are as old as hatred itself. But it was the twentieth century--one hundred years of incredible scientific progress and terrible war--that brought forth the Big One, the Bomb, humanity's most powerful and destructive invention. In The Bomb: A Life, Gerard DeGroot...

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