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ith such elegance and gusto and in such revealing detail and simple language which carries the reader through wonderful and profound scientific discoveries and their application 2 as reported by the new york times rabi s wife read him the whole book and he was pleased with it 1 solly zuckerman wrote in his review i have no doubt that his book will stand for years to come as an authoritative account of the way our nuclear age started above all lengthy as it is it will be enjoyed as a magnificent read 3 the historian of science lawrence badash writes positively about the book but notes rhodes descriptions of sketchy biographies unconvincing human interest material of questionable accuracy becomes psycho babble though he notes that the book is accurate and the characters are well drawn he concludes that altogether rhodes has produced the most readable exciting and just book to date that covers both the bomb and the preceding four decades 4 william j broad praised the book in the new york times review writing that it offers not only the best overview of the century s pivotal event but a probing analysis of what it means for the future he especially noted the vast bibliography the characters speak in their own voices in long paragraphs of direct quotation 1 another reviewer writes that if it is the bomb which defines the twentieth century as at once dreadful and rewarding then the present book captures this range and also praised the extensive bibliography 5 another review calls it an exceptionally well written account of the building and use of the first nuclear weapons 6 sally smith hughes notes that while rhodes is neither a scientist nor science writer this may explain the freshness of his approach and his ability to convey difficult science in layman s terms she notes the usage of oral histories by the author rhodes writes about 21 participants of the events who generously made time for interviews and correspondence he also used oral histories collected by the american institute of physics 7 barton bernstein praised the book and called it a compelling book of drama and tragedy of passion and commitment and of moral lament it is historical journalism on a grand scale with rich detail colorful scenes recreated conversations vivid portraits and gripping vignettes chronicling the lengthy scientific and political roads to hiroshima and briefly beyond besides that his review also contains criticism as he writes that sometimes narrative strategy neglects analysis sometimes sacrifices the important to the vivid and encourages an uncritical use of sources and possibly even skimpy archival research 8 angelo collins of stanford university also praised the book noting that it is not a pleasure to read it is thought provoking and makes the reader uneasy and it is not easy to read it is long and there are many characters and many settings but it is fascinating 9 carol s gruber writes that the comprehensiveness and the framework within which its main story unfolds it broadens and deepens our understanding of the familiar subject and it is a very good read 10 robert seidel in his essay on the books that cover the manhattan project writes that rhodes s account is more comprehensive thoughtful and accurate than the standard popular history the book is a good read and makes use of reliable sources critically we would ask little more of a professional history 11 barton c hacker notes that it reads much like a novel and like a good novel can be hard to put down but also writes about what the book lacks 12 what the book lacks however is any sustained attention to the institutional shaping and constraint of events a grant from the rockefeller foundation or a nobel prize arrives as a virtual deus ex machina just when a scientist needs to study in berlin or flee fascism no hint is given that such awards might be something other than natural phenomena even the manhattan project often seems more a matter of a physicist s views clashing with a soldier s or a daring foray into the war zone to learn the status of german nuclear research than the rapid construction and widespread operations of an enterprise that rivaled in size the prewar american automobile industry conducting experiments fills many more pages than building production plants i suspect rhodes really wanted to write the epic of the atomic bomb an atomiad if you will maybe he has matthew bunn notes rhodes descriptions of the hiroshima and nagasaki bombings writing that they are excruciating densely layered with gruesome but telling first hand accounts of the horrors the bombs inflicted he called the book a wide ranging tale of the physics and engineering of the bomb the personalities involved and the larger story of how society came to think about war 13 in 2023 the book became popular among artificial intelligence researchers the atlantic reported that a generation of ai researchers treat richard rhodes s seminal book like a bible as they develop technology with the potential to remake or ruin our world 14 awards edit rhodes signs a copy of the making of the atomic bomb 2004 1988 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction 15 1987 national book award for nonfiction 16 1987 national book critics circle award 17 subsequent books edit rhodes visits the oak ridge national laboratory 2015 rhodes continued the making of the atomic bomb with three more books on nuclear history nicholas thompson calls it his four volume epic 18 in 1995 rhodes published dark sun the making of the hydrogen bomb which told the story of the atomic espionage during world war ii the debates over whether the hydrogen bomb ought to be produced and the eventual creation of the bomb and its consequences for the arms race 19 20 dark sun received a positive review from the physicist hans bethe who participated in the manhattan project 21 in 2007 rhodes continued the series with the arsenals of folly the making of the nuclear arms race a chronicle of the arms buildups during the cold war especially focusing on mikhail gorbachev and the reagan administration 22 23 the twilight of the bombs the final volume was published in 2010 the book documents the post cold war nuclear history of the world nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism 18 24 25 in 1992 rhodes edited and wrote the introduction to an annotated version of the los alamos primer written by manhattan project scientist robert serber the primer was a set of lectures given to new arrivals at the secret los alamos laboratory during wartime to get them up to speed about the prominent questions needing to be solved in bomb design and had been largely declassified in 1965 but was not widely available 26 27 in 1994 he published nuclear renewal common sense about energy detailing the history of the nuclear power industry in the united states and future promises of nuclear power 28 references edit 1 2 3 broad william j february 8 1987 the men who made the sun rise 7 the new york times late city final ed new york p 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