Definitive history of the Manhattan Project, from the basic science to detonation

Review of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

This is one of those books that has it all: fascinating personalities, fundamental scientific discoveries explained with clarity, and the birth of political issues that are as relevant today as they were 60 years ago. That it is almost certainly the best book on the development of the atomic bomb is in itself remarkable, as the field is already crowded …