Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. 2002
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805065881
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805065886
464 pages -- Approx. size: 9.5" by 6.5"

The fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time

The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict between Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller-the scientists most responsible for the advent of weapons of mass destruction.

How did science-and its practitioners-enlisted in the service of the state during the Second World War, become a slave to its patron during the Cold War? The story of these three men, builders of the bombs, is fundamentally about loyalty-to country, to science, and to each other-and about the wrenching choices that had to be made when these allegiances came into conflict

Book is as new. Dust Jacket shows a hard crease right side of front cover, not bottom of the letter b. Hard to notice. Otherwise fine dj.

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