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0The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a contemporary history book written by the American journalist and historian Richard Rhodes, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1987. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. The narrative covers people and events from early 20th century discoveries leading to the science of nuclear fission, through the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Praised both by historians and former Los Alamos weapon scientists, the book is considered a general authority on early nuclear weapons history, as well as the development of modern physics in general, during the first half of the 20th century. Nobel Laureate I. I. Rabi, one of the prime participants in the dawn of the atomic age, called it "an epic worthy of Milton. Nowhere else have I seen the whole story put down with such elegance and gusto and in such revealing detail and simple language which carries the reader through wonderful and profound scientific discoveries and their application."
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《原子弹秘史》是美国记者兼历史学家理查德·罗兹 (Richard Rhodes) 撰写的当代历史书，由西蒙与舒斯特出版社 (Simon & Schuster) 于 1987 年首次出版。该书荣获普利策非小说类图书奖、美国国家图书非小说类奖和国家书评人协会奖。叙述内容涵盖了 20 世纪初导致核裂变科学的发现、曼哈顿计划以及广岛和长崎原子弹爆炸的人物和事件。该书受到历史学家和前洛斯阿拉莫斯武器科学家的称赞，被认为是早期核武器历史以及 20 世纪上半叶现代物理学发展的权威。原子时代初期的主要参与者之一、诺贝尔奖获得者 I. I. 拉比 (I. I. Rabi) 称其为“一部值得弥尔顿的史诗。我从未在其他地方见过以如此优雅和热情、如此富有启发性的细节和简单的语言讲述整个故事”它带领读者领略精彩而深刻的科学发现及其应用。”
