Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima by Diana Preston

Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Diana Preston

416 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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The Human Chain Reaction That Led To The Atom BombOn December 26, 1898, Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and observed that "radioactivity seems to be an atomic property." A mere 47 years later, "Little Boy"exploded over Hiroshima. Bef...

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