Destroyer of Worlds

F. E. Close

Henry Becquerel's accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age. 'Destroyer of Worlds' is the story of how pursuit of this hidden source of nuclear power, which began innocently and collaboratively, was overwhelmed by the politics of the 1930s, and following devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened the way to a still more terrible possibility: a thermonuclear bomb, the so-called 'backyard weapon', that could destroy all life on earth - from anywhere.

Author(s): Close, F. E.
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 10/06/2025
Pagination: 288 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Allen Lane
Published By: Allen Lane
Book Classification: History of science|Geopolitics|Nuclear weapons|History: specific events & topics|Popular science|Atomic & molecular physics|Nuclear physics|Nuclear issues
Dimensions: 242x163x30
Weight: 570
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241700860