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... to have a solid background in the field in which a science writer is writing - Richard Rhodes has ranged from his original the making of the atomic bomb to deadly feasts about prion diseases -which turned our son into a vegetarian immediately after reading it his junior yr in HS.
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5. Lonesome Dove
6. The White Nile
7. The Caine Mutiny
8. The Fitzgerald translation of The Aeneid
9. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
10. The Aubrey/Maturin novel(s).
"Great Reads" is the tag in my library for most of the big hits.
... for Art primarily), they are imperfect and often controversial.
I've read several award winners that I really liked (The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Rhodes won the Pulitzer and The Life of Pi by Yann Martel won the Booker, both of which are personally agreeable examples), but also ... Catch-22 - Defined a hugely influential term.
At Swim Two Birds - Wonderful lyrical quality.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Marvellously prosaic and almost pedantic. It describes the book perfectly.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Perfect title for this Southern Gothi ... ... the North, but this (if anything) only gives you a more nuanced view of the Civil War.
With the possible exception of The Making of the Atomic Bomb and The Scramble for Africa, they are my favourite history books... which is saying something for someone who prefers the history of the Rom ... The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes (read 13 May 1990) (Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Nonfiction prize in 1988) (National Book Award nonfiction prize in 1987) (National Book Critics Circle nonfiction award for 1987)
It deserved all thsoe awards (the first one, Book of the Yea ... ... Well, here's a shortlist.
Catch-22 for all the reasons everyone says.
1984 because... well, because it's 1984.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb because it is history writing, science and story telling all rolled into one.
The Civil War trilogy by Shelby Foote.
The Selfish Gene ... ... Itself
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Innovator's Dilemma
Lean Thinking
Blue Ocean Strategy
The Long Tail (Reviewed in this topic)
700 – Art
Architecture: T ... ... but he's still a good historian and his books on WWII very useful and entertaining.
I would add the following
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Citizens by Simon Schama
The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan (rather than his more erudite, but imposing, multi-volum ... ... full review, see http://booksontrial.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/qed-the-strange-theory-of-light-and-matter/).
Next up: The Making of the Atomic Bomb ... full review, see http://booksontrial.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/qed-the-strange-theory-of-light-and-matter/).
Next up: The Making of the Atomic Bomb from nzurisana huge library my first pick will be Hole in the Wall by Richard Rhodes. I haven't heard of Richard Rhodes but I feel that his story would be interesting. I have placed in on my "wish list". 25- I'm going to try to get Hiroshima read this year. I've read Day One and The Making of the Atomic Bomb but have not read Hersey's book. ... what other people think?
P. Medawar, Advice to a young scientist
L. Smolin, The trouble with physics
R. Rhodes, The making of the atomic bomb
J.-M. Levy-Leblond, La pierre de touche
S. G. Krantz, Mathematical apocrypha
Good luck!
LF
... Hammel
ENDURANCE: Shackelton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
All works written by Barbara Tuchman
THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB by Richard Rhodes
K2: Triumph and Tragedy by Jim Curran
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William L. Shirer
GEO ... ... in the human soul. Much of his analysis derives from Hegel. Fukuyama is wrong, profoundly so, but his ideas are rich.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Explains how it happened, and gives a real feeling for the personalities and motivation of many of the key participants.
1491 What the ... ... expensive, and explains why it's urgent.
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb is so far not as interesting as The Making of the Atomic Bomb. At least the first third of Dark Sun is a spy story about how the Soviets got the information to build the bomb. The Making of the Atomic B ... hmmmm... currently open on the bookshelf are the two I'm reading side-by-side... the making of the atomic bomb and unlocking the mysteries of birth and death ... ... of Heaven, Jon Krakuer- Fascinating look at the nature of faith and belief in an American religion, Mormonism.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes- Title says it all.
The World Without Us, Alan Weisman- What might happen on Earth if all the humans disappeared. ... analysis between various texts is exciting to me. In particular, The People's History of the United States (of course), The Making of the Atomic Bomb and War and Peace were some of the books that really started to get me into history. Studying historical periods via literature and the art ... Shiloh, do you want to dig into physics? read Richard Rhodes the making of the atomic bomb and follow with his Dark Sun about the hydrogen bomb. NOT TERRY PRATCHETT!!--LT is extrapolating with the incorrect book. Ah well, no one is perfect.
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