Before the fallout : from Marie Curie to Hiroshima / Diana Preston.

On December 26, 1898, Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and observed that "radioactivity seems to be an atomic property." A mere 47 years later, "Little Boy" exploded over Hiroshima. Before the Fallout is the epic story of the intervening half century, during which an exhilarating quest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Preston, Diana, 1952-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Walker & Co., [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:	Science > Moral and ethical aspects. Science > Social aspects. Atomic bomb > Moral and ethical aspects. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945. Sciences > Aspect moral. Sciences > Aspect social. Guerre nucléaire > Aspect moral. Hiroshima (Japon) > Histoire > 1945 (Bombardement)
Physical Description:	xiv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	From Marie Curie to Hiroshima.
Format:	Book

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