In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time
when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that
designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with - and
relaxed with - scientific giants of that time such as Edward
Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John von Neumann, and John
Wheeler, and here offers illuminating insights into the
personalities, the strengths, and the quirks of these men. Well
known for his ability to explain physics to nonspecialists, Ford
also brings to life the physics of fission and fusion and provides
a brief history of nuclear science from the discovery of
radioactivity in 1896 to the ten-megaton explosion of "Mike" that
obliterated a Pacific Island in 1952.Ford worked at both Los Alamos
and Princeton's Project Matterhorn, and brings out Matterhorn's
major, but previously unheralded contribution to the development of
the H bomb. Outside the lab, he drove a battered Chevrolet around
New Mexico, a bantam motorcycle across the country, and a British
roadster around New Jersey. Part of the charm of Ford's book is the
way in which he leavens his well-researched descriptions of the
scientific work with brief tales of his life away from weapons.
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