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7385567Destroyer of Worldshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/destroyer-of-worlds-9781541605916/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6976339/image.jpg?v=638774572245000000302368MXNBasic BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story"kinetic, dramatic, and compulsively readable" (Patchen Barss)of the physicists that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb</strong></p><p>Although Henri Becquerel didnt know it at the time, he changed history in 1896 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that exposed the plates: it was the first documented evidence of spontaneous radioactivity. So began one of the most exciting and consequential efforts humans have ever undertaken.</p><p>As Frank Close recounts in <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em>, scientists confronting Becquerels discovery had three questions: What was this phenomenon? Could it be a source of unlimited power? And (alas), could it be a weapon? Answering them was an epic journey of discovery, with Ernest Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, Irene Joliot-Curie, and many others jockeying to decipher the dance of particles in a decaying atom. And it was a terrifying journey as well, as Edward Teller and others pressed on from creating atom bombs to hydrogen bombs so powerful that they could destroy all life on earth.</p><p>The deep history of the nuclear age has never before been recounted so vividly. Centered on an extraordinary cast of characters, <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em> charts the course of nuclear physics from simple curiosity to potential Armageddon.</p>...7019193Destroyer of Worlds302368https://www.gandhi.com.mx/destroyer-of-worlds-9781541605916/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6976339/image.jpg?v=638774572245000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781541605916_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_<p><strong>The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story of the physics that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb</strong></p><p>Although Henri Becquerel didnt know it at the time, he changed history in 1895 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that exposed the plates: it was the first documented evidence of spontaneous radioactivity. So began one of the most exciting and consequential efforts humans have ever undertaken.</p><p>As Frank Close recounts in <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em>, scientists confronting Becquerels discovery had three questions: What was this phenomenon? Could it be a source of unlimited power? And (alas), could it be a weapon? Answering them was an epic journey of discovery, with Ernest Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, Irene Joliot-Curie, and many others jockeying to decipher the dance of particles in a decaying atom. And it was a terrifying journey as well, as Edward Teller and others pressed on from creating atom bombs to hydrogen bombs so powerful that they could destroy all life on earth.</p><p>The deep history of the nuclear age has never before been recounted so vividly. Centered on an extraordinary cast of characters, <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em> charts the course of nuclear physics from simple curiosity to potential Armageddon.</p>...(*_*)9781541605916_<p><strong>The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story of the physics that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb</strong></p><p>Although Henri Becquerel didnt know it at the time, he changed history in 1896 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that exposed the plates: it was the first documented evidence of spontaneous radioactivity. So began one of the most exciting and consequential efforts humans have ever undertaken.</p><p>As Frank Close recounts in <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em>, scientists confronting Becquerels discovery had three questions: What was this phenomenon? Could it be a source of unlimited power? And (alas), could it be a weapon? Answering them was an epic journey of discovery, with Ernest Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, Irene Joliot-Curie, and many others jockeying to decipher the dance of particles in a decaying atom. And it was a terrifying journey as well, as Edward Teller and others pressed on from creating atom bombs to hydrogen bombs so powerful that they could destroy all life on earth.</p><p>The deep history of the nuclear age has never before been recounted so vividly. Centered on an extraordinary cast of characters, <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em> charts the course of nuclear physics from simple curiosity to potential Armageddon.</p>...(*_*)9781541605916_<p><strong>The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story"kinetic, dramatic, and compulsively readable" (Patchen Barss)of the physicists that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb</strong></p><p>Although Henri Becquerel didnt know it at the time, he changed history in 1896 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that exposed the plates: it was the first documented evidence of spontaneous radioactivity. So began one of the most exciting and consequential efforts humans have ever undertaken.</p><p>As Frank Close recounts in <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em>, scientists confronting Becquerels discovery had three questions: What was this phenomenon? Could it be a source of unlimited power? And (alas), could it be a weapon? Answering them was an epic journey of discovery, with Ernest Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, Irene Joliot-Curie, and many others jockeying to decipher the dance of particles in a decaying atom. And it was a terrifying journey as well, as Edward Teller and others pressed on from creating atom bombs to hydrogen bombs so powerful that they could destroy all life on earth.</p><p>The deep history of the nuclear age has never before been recounted so vividly. Centered on an extraordinary cast of characters, <em>Destroyer of Worlds</em> charts the course of nuclear physics from simple curiosity to potential Armageddon.</p>...9781541605916_Basic Bookslibro_electonico_9781541605916_9781541605916Frank CloseInglésMéxico2025-06-10T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-303979e8-652a-4fd4-8e64-e498829465d3.epub2025-06-10T00:00:00+00:00Basic Books