TY  - BOOK
AU  - Preston,Diana
TI  - Before the fallout: from Marie Curie to Hiroshima 
SN  - 0425207897 (pbk.)
AV  - Q175.35 P74 2006
U1  - 303.48/3 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Books
KW  - Science
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
KW  - History
KW  - Bombardment, 1945
N1  - Originally published: New York : Walker & Co., c2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index; 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
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