Genius in the shadows : a biography of Leo Szilard, the man behind the bomb
Lanouette, William2013
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Well-known names such as Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Edward Teller are usually those that surround the creation of the atom bomb. One name that is rarely mentioned is Leo Szilard, known in scientific circles as the 'father of the atom bomb.' The man who first developed the idea of harnessing energy from nuclear chain reactions, he is curiously buried with barely a trace in the history of this well-known and controversial topic.
Main title:
Genius in the shadows : a biography of Leo Szilard, the man behind the bomb / by William Lanouette.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
604 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781626360235 (pbk)
Dewey class:
539.7092
Language:
English
BRN:
75563