Nuclear forces

Nuclear forces
About this book
"On the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima, Nobel-winning physicist Hans Bethe called on his fellow scientists to stop working on weapons of mass destruction. What drove Bethe, the head of Theoretical Physics at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, to renounce the weaponry he had once worked so tirelessly to create? That is one of the questions answered by "Nuclear Forces", a riveting biography of Bethe's early life and development as both a scientist and a man of principle..."--Publisher description.
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- OL Work ID
- OL16531972W
Subjects
Nuclear weaponsNuclear physicistsPolitical and social viewsManhattan Project (U.S.)Nuclear warfareAtomic bombBiographyBethe, hans albrech, 1906-2005Physicists, biographyMoral and ethical aspects