The Making of the Atomic Bomb
#21 of 3,809 books · #7 in History
Won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1988), the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1987), and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1987).
Details the making of the atomic bomb. Includes diagrams and pictures documenting people and places.
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- Penguin
- ISBN-13
- 9780671441333
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Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1988)
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1987)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1987)
Other awarded books from Richard Rhodes
- A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood (1991)0 wins · 4 score
- Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (2012)0 wins · 4 score
- Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague (2012)0 wins · 3 score
- John James Audubon: The Making of an American (2004)0 wins · 3 score
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