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    Gambling with Armageddon

    Martin J. Sherwin

    This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf –Title page verso.

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    American Prometheus

    Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

    Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer – director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb – was…

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    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Kai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

    Oppenheimer is the embodiment of modern scientific man confronting inadequately what science can produce. Here, is the tale of the race to split the atom, with the charismatic Oppie at…

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    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Kai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

    A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, discusses his role in the twentieth-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and…

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    American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Kai Bird,Martin J Sherwin

    In this magisterial biography twenty-five years in the making and winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the authors capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to…

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    Jonathan Schell The Fate Of The Earth, The Abolition, The Unconquerable Worl

    Jonathan Schell,Martin J. Sherwin

    A collected edition of three classic accounts of our nuclear predicament and the way forward to a peaceful world.

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    The Wizards of Armageddon

    Fred Kaplan

    This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published…

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    The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race

    Priscilla J. McMillan

    A chilling tale of McCarthy-era machinations, this groundbreaking page-turner rewrites the history of the Cold War.

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    A World Destroyed Lib/E: Hiroshima and Its Legacies

    Martin J Sherwin

    This is the classic, prize-winning history of the birth of the nuclear age, from the development of the American atomic bomb to the decision to use it against Japan to…

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    A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies

    Martin J Sherwin

    This is the classic, prize-winning history of the birth of the nuclear age, from the development of the American atomic bomb to the decision to use it against Japan to…

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    A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies, Third Edition

    Martin J. Sherwin

    New edition of classic history of the American atomic bomb and its place in world politics.

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