Before the fallout : from Marie Curie to Hiroshima /: from Marie Curie to Hiroshima. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima
• Further Information: Note: Diana Preston.
• Other Names: Preston, Diana, 1952-
• Contents: Prologue -- Brilliant in the darkness -- Rabbit from Antipodes -- Forces of nature -- Make physics boom -- Days of alchemy -- Persecution and purge -- Wonderful findings -- We may sleep fairly comfortably in our beds -- Cold room in Birmingham -- Maud Ray Kent -- Hitler's success could depend on it -- He said "bomb" in no uncertain terms -- We'll wipe the Japs out of the maps -- V.B. ok -- Best coup -- Beautiful and savage country -- Mr. Baker -- Heavy water -- Boon or disaster? -- This thing is going to be very big -- Germany had no atomic bomb -- Profound psychological impression -- Elongated trash can with fins -- It's Hiroshima -- Mother will not die -- New fact in the world's power politics -- Epilogue -- Notes and sources -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 303.48/3; History -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare; Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects; Science -- Moral and ethical aspects; Science -- Social aspects; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; History; Science -- Moral and ethical aspects; Science -- Social aspects; Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects; Sciences -- Aspect moral; Sciences -- Aspect social; Guerre nucléaire -- Aspect moral; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945; Hiroshima (Japon) -- Histoire -- 1945 (Bombardement); Japan -- Hiroshima-shi; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718198; 0802718191
• Related ISBNs: 0802714455; 9780802714459
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.