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109 East Palace, Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
• Jennet Conant
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This lively history of Los Alamos focuses not on the science but on the extraordinary social atmosphere of the place, its secret mission, stunning location and huge personalities.
(SWU191, $26.95)
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American Prometheus, The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Kai Bird
• Martin Sherwin
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A big, exhaustively researched biography of the all-too-short life of Robert J. Oppenheimer, many years in the making. The authors (a journalist and literature professor) re interested in the full arc of his life.
(SCI99, $40.00)
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Atomic Spaces, Living on the Manhattan Project
• Peter Bacon Hales
• HISTORY
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How American culture grew out of the atomic age.
(USW425, $29.00)
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The Atomic West
• Bruce William Hevly
• John M. Findlay
• HISTORY
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A series of essays concerning the history and effect of nuclear testing in the American West.
(USW291, $19.95)
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Brighter than a Thousand Suns, a Personal History of Atomic Scientists
• Robert Jungk
• HISTORY
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An early history of the Manhattan project.
(HSC20, $14.00)
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Brotherhood of the Bomb
• Greg Herken
• HISTORY
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A study of the trio of physicists responsible for creating the atomic bomb.
(USW424, $30.00)
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By Bomb's Early Light, American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
• Paul S. Boyer
• HISTORY
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A cultural history of America in the 1940s and 50s in relationship to the atomic bomb.
(HSC16, $24.95)
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Critical Assembly, A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
• Lillian Hoddeson
• Paul W. Henriksen
• Roger A. Meade
• Catherine L. Westfall
• SCIENCE
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The best technical history of the Manhatten Project in Los Alamos.
(HSC23, $160.00)
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The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
• Ferenc Morton Szasz
• SCIENCE
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A concise and vividly written history of the Manhattan Project, focusing on the Trinity Site.
(HSC18, $19.95)
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Hiroshima
• John Hersey
• HISTORY
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Never sensational, this classic by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hersey, first published in 1946, puts a human face on the unthinkable. Hersey explores the tragedy through interviews with residents, scientists and politicians.
(JPN20, $6.95)
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In the Shadow of the Bomb
• Silvan S. Schweber
• HISTORY
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A dual biography of Bethe and Oppenheimer, and their role in the creation of the atomic bomb.
(HSC15, $55.00)
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The Last Cheater's Waltz, Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
• Ellen Meloy
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A naturalist's travels through the desert Southwest of her youth, reflecting on native peoples, landscape and ecology. Meloy explores Los Alamos, Trinity National Historic Landmark, and White Sands Missile Range -- including the impact of the laboratory and bomb testing on the environment.
(USW292, $16.95)
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The Los Alamos Primer, the First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb
• Robert Serber
• Richard Rhodes
• SCIENCE
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A collection of original lecture notes concering the construction of the atomic bomb.
(HSC17, $39.95)
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Los Alamos, A Novel
• Joseph Kanon
• MYSTERY
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A thriller set in Los Alamos in the 1940s.
(USW293, $7.99)
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
• Richard Rhodes
• HISTORY
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From the discovery of the nucleus to the making of atomic bomb, this Pulitzer Prize winning book tackles the people, discoveries and places of the Atomic Age in spellbinding detail.
(USW231, $20.00)
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Now It Can Be Told, The Story of the Manhattan Project
• Leslie R. Groves
• Edward Teller
• HISTORY
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A history of the Manhattan Project as told by the military head of the project.
(HSC21, $17.50)
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Their Day in the Sun, Women of the Manhattan Project
• Caroline L. Herzenberg
• Ruth H. Howes
• Ellen C. Weaver
• HISTORY
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An oral history of women in the Manhattan Project.
(USW290, $43.50)
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