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Author:

Goodchild, Peter.

Title:

Edward Teller : the real Dr. Strangelove / Peter Goodchild.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxv, 469 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Teller, Edward,--1908-
Physicists--United States.--Biography.
Atomic bomb--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [446]-452) and index.

Contents:

War, revolution, peace and maths -- In the company of Gods -- Twilight of a golden age -- American the beautiful -- The Hungarian conspiracy -- Skirmishes -- Maverick on the Mesa -- The little toe of the ghost -- The legacy of Hiroshima -- Wilderness years -- The taking of Washington -- Unholy alliances -- A 'simple, great and stupid' mistake -- Technically so sweet -- Mike -- 'Soled' to the Californians -- Bravo -- The hearing -- Aftermath -- 'Almost like Ivory soap' -- A matter of detection -- Plowshare -- Confounding Camelot -- Struggling uphill --Bringing up the props -- Excalibur -- Reykjavik -- Brilliant pebbles.

ISBN:

9780674016699 (alk. paper)
0674016696 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55738275

LCCN:

2004054257

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)