Re: [Phys-L] book recommendation needed.

[Bruce Sherwood <Bruce_Sherwood@ncsu.edu>]

Also excellent is "109 East Palace" by Jennet Conant.

Bruce


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:25 AM, curtis osterhoudt <flutzpah@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Depends on what you mean by "covers". "Genius", by Gleick, touches upon
> Feynman's experiences there. "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Rhodes is
> much more likely the kind of thing you're after, and an excellent read.
> "Memoirs", by Teller, has a chapter or two about Los Alamos. Another
> popular-level book, and so far as I can tell [I lived in and worked at Los
> Alamos for a while], accurate in the side-details --- though fiction --- is
> "Los Alamos", by Kanon.
>
>    Hope that helps!
>
>
>
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> I would appreciate it is somebody would recommend a good popular book which
> covers the early years of Los Alamos.
>
> Alex. F. Burr
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