Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

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The Human Chain Reaction That Led To The Atom Bomb. Abstract: The Human Chain Reaction That Led To The Atom Bomb Content: Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph Table of Contents Prologue ONE. ""Brilliant in the Darkness TWO. A Rabbit from the Antipodes THREE. Forces of Nature FOUR. ""Make Physics Boom FIVE. Days of Alchemy SIX. Persecution and Purge SEVEN. ""Wonderful Findings EIGHT. ""We May Sleep Fairly Comfortably in Our Beds NINE. A Cold Room in Birmingham TEN. Maud Ray Kent ELEVEN. ""Hitler's Success Could Depend On It TWELVE. ""He Said 'Bomb' in No Uncertain Terms THIRTEEN. ""We'll Wipe the Japs Out of the Maps FOURTEEN. ""V. B. OK FIFTEEN. ""The Best Coup SIXTEEN. Beautiful and Savage CountrySEVENTEEN. ""Mr. Baker EIGHTEEN. Heavy Water NINETEEN. Boon or Disaster? TWENTY. ""This Thing Is Going to Be Very Big TWENTY-ONE. ""Germany Had No Atomic Bomb TWENTY-TWO. ""A Profound Psychological Impression TWENTY-THREE. ""An Elongated Trash Can with Fins TWENTY-FOUR. ""It's Hiroshima TWENTY-FIVE. ""Mother Will Not Die TWENTY-SIX. ""A New Fact in the World's Power Politics Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes and Sources Glossary Bibliography By the Same Author eCopyright