Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index.
Contents:
The big idea -- The protagonists -- The choice -- The scientists, the officials, and the president -- Nuclear energy -- Some physics -- Going west -- A new world -- The classical super -- Calculating and testing -- Constructing Matterhorn -- Academia cowers -- New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey -- The Garwin design -- Climbing Matterhorn -- More than a boy.
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