Destroyer of worlds : the deep history of the nuclear age, 1895-1965
Close, F. E.2025
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Henry Becquerel's accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age. 'Destroyer of Worlds' is the story of how pursuit of this hidden source of nuclear power, which began innocently and collaboratively, was overwhelmed by the politics of the 1930s, and following devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened the way to a still more terrible possibility: a thermonuclear bomb, the so-called 'backyard weapon', that could destroy all life on earth - from anywhere.
Main title:
Author:
Close, F. E., author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2025.
Collation:
x, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241700860 (hbk)
Dewey class:
355.021709355.021709 CLO
Language:
English
BRN:
3984821