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Los Alamos
Los Alamos
Author: Joseph Kanon
In a dusty, remote community of secretly constructed buildings and awesome possibility, the world's most brilliant minds have come together. Their mission: to split an atom and end a war. But among those who have come to Robert Oppenheimer's "enchanted campus" of foreign-born scientists, baffled guards, and restless wives is a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440224075
ISBN-10: 0440224071
Publication Date: 3/1998
Pages: 517
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3.6 stars, based on 39 ratings
Publisher: Island Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Kanon's view of Los Alamos, NM intrigue at the height of the developement of the 1st nuclear bomb.
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A lot of somewhat obscure history along with a ripping good story.
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Interesting insights into the Manhattan project - in a remote New Mexico in 1945. A good read, good plot and characters, as well as informative of that time and place.


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