Nuclear Science Technology

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    • The True Story of a Group of Scientists Who Changed the World
    • By: Burton Feldman, Katherine Williams
    • Narrated by: Victor Bevine
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-2011
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • From the acclaimed author of The Nobel Prize comes this fascinating portrait of four of the greatest minds in the history of science and the impossible turning point they faced....

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    • The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
    • By: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
    • Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
    • Length: 26 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 28-03-2007
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 150 ratings
    • J. Robert Oppenheimer, an iconic figure of the 20th century, was a brilliant physicist who led efforts to build an atomic bomb but later confronted the moral consequences of scientific progress....

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    • The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age
    • By: Robert S. Norris
    • Narrated by: Peter Johnson
    • Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 04-11-2014
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions....

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    • A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
    • By: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: John Kroft
    • Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-2018
    • Language: English
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    • This is the untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history....

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    • A Brief History of Hype and Failure
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: Tim Fannon
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • From the New York Times-bestselling author comes a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts....

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    • The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
    • By: David N. Schwartz
    • Narrated by: Tristan Morris
    • Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi....

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    • A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare
    • By: David Stumpf
    • Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation....

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    • The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
    • By: Joao Magueijo
    • Narrated by: Christopher Sullivan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 24-12-2009
    • Language: English
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    • On the night of March 26, 1938, nuclear physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a ship, cash and passport in hand....

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    • The Life and Legacy of the Father of the Atomic Bomb
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: KC Wayman
    • Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-2022
    • Language: English
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    • Tens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself....

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    • How to Stay Safe in a Dangerous World
    • By: Chris Ryan
    • Narrated by: Michael Fenner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 19-10-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • How to keep you and yours safe from the perils of the modern world....

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    • The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
    • By: Craig Nelson
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 25-03-2014
    • Language: English
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    • From the New York Times best-selling author of Rocket Men and the award-winning biographer of Thomas Paine comes the first complete history of the Atomic Age....

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    • The Man Who Developed the Atomic Bomb, Ignited the Nuclear Age, and Grappled With the Weight of His Creation
    • By: Hourglass History, Julian Pembroke
    • Narrated by: Andrew Robert Wilcox
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 16-08-2023
    • Language: English
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    • Stand witness to the conception of the deadliest weapon in human history, amidst the clandestine walls of Los Alamos. Delve into the mind that revolutionized the world....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: J. L. Heilbron
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In this Very Short Introduction, John Heilbron draws on sources never before presented in English to cover the life and work of one of the most creative physicists of the 20th century....

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    • The Atom in Russian Politics and Culture
    • By: Paul R. Josephson
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 22-12-2022
    • Language: English
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    • Nuclear Russia probes the juncture of history of science and technology, political and cultural history, and environmental history....

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    • The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
    • By: Gregg Herken
    • Narrated by: Perry Daniels
    • Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 21-05-2024
    • Language: English
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    • Gregg Herken's Brotherhood of the Bomb is the fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time

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    • How the Weak Compel the Strong with Nuclear Technology
    • By: Tristan A. Volpe
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • In Leveraging Latency, Tristan A. Volpe argues that having greater capacity to build weaponry doesn't translate to greater coercive advantage. Volpe finds that there is a trade-off between threatening proliferation and promising nuclear restraint....

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    • The Complete Biography on the Father of the Atomic Bomb and His Enduring Legacy in Science, Ethics, and Nuclear Physics
    • By: J.R. MacGregor
    • Narrated by: Patrick Gleason
    • Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-12-2023
    • Language: English
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    • This comprehensive biography delves into the life of the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" and his profound impact on science, ethics, and nuclear physics. Discover Oppenheimer's journey from a precocious child in New York City to his groundbreaking role in the Manhattan Project during World War II....

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    • By: Christopher Gainor
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 18-10-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM was the central weapons system of the Cold War. ICBMs also carried the first astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit. Christopher Gainor explores the US Air Force's decision to build the Atlas, America's first ICBM....

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