Uranium wars : the scientific rivalry that created the nuclear age / Amir D. Aczel.

• Physics and uranium -- On the trail of the nucleus -- Lisa Meitner -- The Meitner-Hahn discovery -- Enrico Fermi -- The Rome experiments -- The events of 1938 -- Christmas 1938 -- The Heisenberg menace -- Chain reaction -- The Nazi nuclear machine -- Copenhagen -- The moment of truth -- Building the bomb -- The decision to use the bomb -- Evidence from a spying operation -- The Cold War -- Uranium's future.

Ämnesord

Nuclear weapons  -- Research -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Nuclear physics  -- Research -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Nuclear energy  -- Research -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Science and state  -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Uranium as fuel  -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

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