Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb
““Lanouette's book is eminently readable. . . . An excellent book spiced with telling anecdotes about a strange man who influenced world history.”” (Max F. Perutz -New York Review of Books)““A wonderful book about this endlessly fascinating man . . . one of the most entertaining stories in recent years. . . . A keeper.”” (Dick Teresi -New York Times Book Review)““Lanouette's exhaustively researched and artfully written account of one of the most underrated figures of the atomic age establishes Szilard as both a curmudgeon and a posthumously honored prophet.”” (Gregg Herken -Nature)““In this comprehensive study, science writer Lanouette and Silard, the subject's brother, cast welcome light on the physicist's career and character . . . readers will find Szilard to be a 'curious and human character' whose engagement with his work and its consequences was so profound that it can make other figures of the era seem hollow.”” (Publisher's Weekly)““William Lanouette . . . has written the most sensitive and lively biography. . . . The book gives an excellent picture of the man, and makes most interesting reading. I strongly recommend it.”” (Hans Bethe -Physics Today)