The Making of the Atomic Bomb is comprehensive account of the 'Manhattan project'. One of the greatest projects ever executed .
It is a huge volume with lot of details. I was not able to complete this book. Would read is one more time when i find the time.
Must read for anyone interested in understanding the quest for the atomic bomb.
"It is a profound and necessary truth than the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them - Robert Oppenheier"
"Man is not satisfied with a happy idyllic life: has hs the need to fight ad to encounter danger - pg 24"
"That science can be a refuge from the world is a conviction common among men and women who turn to it - pg 113."
". a scientist belongs to the world in times of peace but his country in times of peace but to his country in times of war - pg 95 (Attributed to Haber)."
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