Preston, Diana,  1952- <br/><br/>
Before the fallout :  from Marie Curie to Hiroshima / 
Diana Preston. 
 - Berkley trade pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Berkley Books,  2006. 
 - xiv, 400 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York : Walker & Co., c2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- 1. "Brilliant in the darkness" -- 2. A rabbit from the antipodes -- 3. Forces of nature -- 4. "Make physics boom" -- 5. Days of alchemy -- 6. Persecution and purge -- 7. "Wonderful findings" -- 8. "We may sleep fairly comfortably in our beds" -- 9. A cold room in Birmingham -- 10. Maud Ray Kent -- 11. "Hitler's success could depend on it" -- 12. "He said 'bomb' in no uncertain terms" -- 13. "We'll wipe the Japs out of the maps" -- 14. "V. B. OK" -- 15. "The best coup" -- 16. Beautiful and savage country -- 17. "Mr. Baker" -- 18. Heavy water -- 19. Boon or disaster? -- 20. "This thing is going to be very big" -- 21. "Germany had no atomic bomb" -- 22. "A profound psychological impression" -- 23. "An elongated trash can with fins" -- 24. "It's Hiroshima" -- 25. "Mother will not die" -- 26. "A new fact in the world's power politics" -- Epilogue -- Notes and sources -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0425207897 (pbk.) 9780425207895 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005057039 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Science--Social aspects.<br/>Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q175.35  / P74 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48/3