Picturing the Bomb: Photographs from the Secret World of the Manhattan Project | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rachel Fermi, Esther Samra, Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 738832
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0810937352
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.8251190973
EAN: 9780810937352
ASIN: 0810937352
Publication Date: September 1995
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Product Description
Published to coincide with the Manhattan Project's 50th anniversary, Picturing the Bomb presents compelling images--most never seen by the public before--that offer a fresh look at the U.S. government's effort to build the world's first atomic device. Introduction by Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb. 283 photos, 19 in color.
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 Wonderful pictures September 25, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is a little pricey, but the photographs inside this coffee-table book are incredible. Not the run of the mill technical photos, some of these came from private collections, showing a slice of life in and around these plants.It's actually kind of fun to take the book out and see how the landscape has changed over the years. PS- If you are solely looking for technical photos of devices assembly and production areas, you will be disappointed. Get Chuck Hansen's book instead.
 this book stinks June 5, 2001
2 out of 46 found this review helpful
this book is the worst book i have ever seen in my entire life.
 Photographic history depicted in haunting humbleness April 26, 2000
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
"Picturing the Bomb" by Rachel Fermi (granddaughter of Nobel Laureate and brilliant Physicist, Enrico Fermi) and Esther Samra is a completely fascinating and often haunting photographical documentary which presents the first images of The Manhattan Project. Many of the pictures are gathered from private collections of people who were actually participating in the secrecy. The book also contains never-before-published, de-classified military images. And, as a perfect complement to the photos, the accompanying text is equally compelling. For those who know the horror of the genie, this is a must for your collection.
A truly fascinating book April 3, 1999
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book does not just chronichle the making of the Atomic bomb, but it tells the story of the people who made it possible.
What a great book! March 21, 1999
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
A nice view of the human side of the Los Alamos Project: It was more than just building a bomb, you know.
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