Forthcoming: Building the H Bomb: A Personal History

NEW TITLES BESTSELLERS E-CATALOGUES Dear Subscriber, We are pleased to introduce the following title that may be of interest to you. If you like what you see, do recommend it to your library and colleagues. Building the H Bomb A Personal History by Kenneth W Ford (American Institute of Physics, USA & Los Alamos Historical Society, USA) Apply this discount code to enjoy 20% off Discount Code: WSHBOMB20 | till 29 March 2015 softcover: US$24 / £16 / S$27 US$19.20 / £12.80 / S$21.60 hardcover: US$58 / £38 / S$58 US$46.40 / £30.40 / S$46.40 In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with — and relaxed with — scientific giants of that time such as Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John von Neumann, and John Wheeler, and here offers illuminating insights into the personalities, the strengths, and the quirks of these men. Well known for his ability to explain physics to nonspecialists, Ford also brings to life the physics of fission and fusion and provides a brief history of nuclear science from the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 to the ten-megaton explosion of “Mike” that obliterated a Pacific Island in 1952. You may also be interested in: Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project Insights into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father of the Atomic Bomb" Remembering the Manhattan Project Perspectives on the Making of the Atomic Bomb and Its Legacy An Atomic Empire A Technical History of the Rise and Fall of the British Atomic Energy Programme