Book Reviews

We have reviewed some recent books on the atomic age.

Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea Reviewed November 30, 2007
Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons Reviewed November 29, 2007
The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom Reviewed July 18, 2007
Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect Reviewed July 5, 2007
The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race Reviewed April 23, 2006
Cardinal Choices: Presidential Science Advising from the Atomic Bomb to SDI Reviewed March 14, 2006
Waiting for the End of the World Reviewed January 02, 2006
The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War Reviewed December 18, 2005
All Things Nuclear Reviewed November 28, 2005
109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos Reviewed October 25, 2005
Whole World on Fire Reviewed August 26, 2005
Before The Fallout : From Marie Curie to Hiroshima Reviewed August 26, 2005
Toward Nuclear Abolition: A History of the World Disarmament Movement Reviewed August 4, 2005
The Bomb: A Life Reviewed May 11, 2005
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Reviewed April 19, 2005
Nuclear Terrorism : The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe Reviewed April 4, 2005
Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove Reviewed March 3, 2005
Fermi Remembered Reviewed February 17, 2005
Chernobyl Legacy Reviewed February 06, 2005
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie Reviewed January 25, 2005
The Bomb and Its Deadly Shadow Reviewed January 9, 2005
Children of Usher: Growing Up in Los Alamos Reviewed January 9, 2005
Engaging India Reviewed November 30, 2004
Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis Reviewed November 29, 2004
J. Robert Oppenheimer : And the American Century Reviewed October 19, 2004
Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective Reviewed September 10, 2004
The National Labs: Science in an American System, 1947-1974 Reviewed August 30, 2004
Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe Reviewed July 30, 2004
Oppenheimer: Portrait Of An Enigma Reviewed June 22, 2004
Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project Reviewed June 22, 2004
Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program Reviewed May 25, 2004
Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl Reviewed May 12, 2004
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers Reviewed April 15, 2004
Face to Face with the Bomb Reviewed April 15, 2004
Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island Reviewed March 20, 2004
Britain and the H-Bomb Reviewed January 20, 2004
Brotherhood of the Bomb Reviewed October 15, 2002
Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics Reviewed January 14, 2002
Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington Reviewed October 16, 2001