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Well if you liked "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" I can strongly recommend the follow up "Dark Sun" that covers both the Soviet atomic bomb program and the deve
by arethuza 2y ago
Well if you liked "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" I can strongly recommend the follow up "Dark Sun" that covers both the Soviet atomic bomb program and the development of the H-bomb by the US.
- evnp 2y agoNot sure how I missed that Rhodes wrote a continuation! The clarity of writing about physics for a layperson has been wonderful, glad to find there's more. Much appreciated.
- arethuza 2y agoOne of the points I took away from that book being that "H-bomb" weapon design is as much about fission as fusion - most designs being fission-fusion-fission with most energy coming from the latter fission stage.