Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781451675764ISBN-10:1451675763UPC:9781451675764Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.06 x 1.44 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCB8WDRJTZ
Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex
The epic story of how science went "big" and the forgotten genius who started it all--"entertaining, thoroughly researched...partly a biography, partly an account of the influence of Ernest Lawrence's great idea, partly a short history of nuclear physics and the Bomb" (The Wall Street Journal).Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. The first particle...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781451675764ISBN-10:1451675763UPC:9781451675764Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.06 x 1.44 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCB8WDRJTZ
Hiltzik, Michael: - Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has covered business, technology, and public policy for the Los Angeles Times for three decades. He currently serves as the Times's business columnist and hosts its business blog, The Economy Hub. His books include Big Science, The New Deal, Colossus, Dealers of Lightning, and The Plot Against Social...
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