Brighter than a Thousand Suns
Subtitle: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: October 21, 1970
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780156141505
First sentence: It is said that during the last year of the First World War Ernest Rutherford, already famous for his work on atomic research, failed to attend a meeting of the British committee of experts appointed to advise on new systems of defense against enemy submarines.