- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 303 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "An examination of the work of the New York Times reporter William L. Laurence in covering the Manhattan Project, development of the hydrogen bomb, and the early years of atomic weaponry"--
- Uniform Title
- Atomic Bill (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Atomic Bill (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : A Moth to the Flame -- The Second Coming of Prometheus -- On the Army's Payroll -- Magnetic Current -- Atomland-on-Mars -- Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Aftermath -- Atomic Plagiarism in the South Pacific -- Reporter Grade 8 -- The Elixir of Life -- The Hell Bomb -- Atomic Dialogue -- The U-Bomb -- King Laurence -- Peace Through Understanding.
- LCCN
- 2022009164
- OCLC
- ssj0002707162
- Author
Kiernan, Vincent.
- Title
Atomic Bill [electronic resource] : a journalist's dangerous ambition in the shadow of the bomb / Vincent Kiernan.
- Imprint
Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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