Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb is a historical and scientific nonfiction book by Richard Rhodes that chronicles the development, politics, and consequences of the thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb during the Cold War.
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| Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book about nuclear weapons
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history book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Richard Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize finalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
intelligence and espionage related to nuclear secrets
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policy debates over hydrogen bomb development ⓘ scientific principles of thermonuclear fusion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
consequences of thermonuclear weapons
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development of the hydrogen bomb ⓘ politics of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| follows | The Making of the Atomic Bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical nonfiction
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scientific nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780684804002 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableEventCovered |
Ivy Mike test
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Oppenheimer security hearing NERFINISHED ⓘ early U.S.–Soviet arms race ⓘ |
| notablePersonCovered |
Andrei Sakharov
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Edward Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Bethe NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Kurchatov NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Robert Oppenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 731 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Richard Rhodes nuclear history books ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setting |
Soviet Union
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subject |
Cold War
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Manhattan Project legacy ⓘ Soviet nuclear program ⓘ United States nuclear program NERFINISHED ⓘ arms race ⓘ espionage ⓘ hydrogen bomb ⓘ nuclear ethics ⓘ nuclear strategy ⓘ nuclear weapons development ⓘ nuclear weapons policy ⓘ scientific research in wartime ⓘ thermonuclear weapons ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Cold War
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post–World War II era ⓘ |
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