The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age by Steve Olson

The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

Steve Olson with Jonathan Yen (Narrator)

11 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history tense slow-paced
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It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to ...

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