Atomic The First War of Physics and the Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939 -1949 |
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| Author:
| Baggott, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84831-082-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Icon Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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Presents an account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon. This book draws on declassified material, such as MI6's FarmHall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives.
Presents an account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon. This book draws on declassified material, such as MI6's FarmHall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives.