Genius in the shadows
Subtitle: a biography of Leo Szilard : the man behind the bomb
By: William Lanouette with Bela Silard ; foreword by Jonas Salk.
Contributors: Silard, Bela A.
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Szilard, Leo.; Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.; Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Description: A biography of the man known in scientific circles as the "father of the atom bomb", one who first developed the idea of obtaining energy from nuclear chain reactions and co-designed the first nuclear reactor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-569) and index.
"A Robert Stewart book."