Further reading, from Richard Rhodes: "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" (1986) The best book I ever read. Covers all of modern physics. Written in a "physics for

Further reading, from Richard Rhodes: "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" (1986) The best book I ever read. Covers all of modern physics. Written in a "physics for musicians" style, and I don't mean that in a condescending way. It's praise. Besides the tech, there is lots on politics, espionage, international relations, and military history, including sections on the German, Soviet, and Japanese activities before and during WWII. "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb" (1995) Great explanations of how the fission-fusion-fission process works, all in millionths of a second. I still can hardly believe how Rhodes is able to explain some of the most complicated technical concepts and processes in ordinary language. A truly amazing writer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rhodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rhodes