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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
By Olson, Steve
- ISBN
- 9780393634976
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on July 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
The thesis of Olson's (Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens) latest work of nonfiction is that Washington State, in particular the Hanford Nuclear Facility, played a lesser-known, but equally vital role in the creation of the atomic bomb. Glenn Seaborg, who discovered plutonium, is spotlighted along with several other scientists in the late 1930s as they raced against time to discover atomic weaponry before the Germans. Th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
