| The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 Contributor(s): Szasz, Ferenc Morton (Author) |
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ISBN: 082630768X ISBN-13: 9780826307682 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1984 Annotation: 'In this tightly focused, lucidly written and thoroughly researched book, Ferenc Morton Szasz, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, describes the events, personalities and scientific processes that led to the detonation of the first atomic bomb in an isolated stretch of New Mexican desert...' ---New York Times Book Review |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 623.451 |
| LCCN: 84007587 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Series: Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (0.83 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1984, this prize-winning history of the Manhattan Project is now available in paperback for the first time, fifty years after the explosion of the first atomic bomb. |
Contributor Bio(s): Szasz, Ferenc Morton: - Ferenc M. Szasz is professor of U.S. intellectual history and U.S. history of religion, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He is the author or editor of several books on New Mexico history. |