Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The bomb in my garden The bomb in my garden Mahdi Obeidi Praise for The Bomb in My Garden "This one book will tell you more about Iraq's quest for weapons of mass destruction than all U.S. intelligence on the subject. It is a fascinating and rare glimpse … OL12404870W
The 13th power The 13th power Terry Wright Ray Crawford, a nuclear physicist frustrated with obscurity and elusive fame, agrees to conduct the dangerous 13th Power experiments in Simi Valley, California. At stake, Presidential Directive Numbe… OL15825076W
The increment The increment David Ignatius When a hidden Tehran scientist sends encrypted messages to the CIA that reveal Iran's bomb-development program, agent Harry Pappas is directed to discern if the messages are true before enlisting the… OL15855626W
The eidolon The eidolon Libby McGugan A worn-down nuclear physicist from Scotland is tapped by a brilliant lab expert at CERN to work for a week on a project for a hundred thousand pounds. Being intrigued, and ready for a change, Robert … OL17884440W
Half-life Half-life F. E. Close Bruno Pontecorvo dedicated his career to hunting for the Higgs boson of his day-- the neutrino, a nearly massless particle considered essential to the process of nuclear fission. His work on the Manh… OL19996796W
Before the Fall-Out Before the Fall-Out Diana Preston On December 26, 1898, Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and observed that "radioactivity seems to be an atomic property." Some 47 years later, her startling insight was on full and horrif… OL2098736W
A lily of the field A lily of the field Lawton, John A novel set before, during, and after World War II follows the loosely parallel lives of an Austrian cellist, Meret Voytek, whose orchestra becomes part of the Hitler Youth, and Hungarian physist Kar… OL24282428W
The Increment The Increment David Ignatius From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself Dr. Ali sends encrypted messages to the CIA, he then discovers he's being followed. To get his agent out, Pappas tu… OL88888W