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L. Badash, Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons (New York: Prometheus, 1995).
B. Greene, The Elegant Universe (New York: Vintage, 2000), (especially recommended as guide to current ideas, from quarks to superstring theory).
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R. Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (New York: Touchstone Books, 1995).
R. Rhodes, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (New York: Touchstone Books, 1996).
J. Rotblat, Scientists and the Quest for Peace: A History of the Pugwash Conferences (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1972).
E. Segrè, Enrico Fermi, Physicist (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995).
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S. Weart, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989).
H.G. Wells, The World Set Free (New York: Harcourt,1914). A remarkably prescient science-fiction book.
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(2002). The Nucleus and Its Applications. In: Understanding Physics. Undergraduate Texts In Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21661-4_20
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