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Comment author: djcb 04 August 2013 08:23:15PM *  0 points [-]

Talking about nuclear arms, I much liked Richard Rhodes's two books -- esp. The Making of the Atomic Bomb, but also the "sequel", Dark Sun -- The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb.

The first book focus much on the science (in a non-technical way) and the politics, while the second spends a lot of time of the espionage that helped the Soviets to create a bomb, too.

Comment author: gwern 04 August 2013 09:00:42PM 0 points [-]

Yes, Rhodes's books seem highly recommended but unfortunately, they're not on libgen.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 04 August 2013 11:11:44PM 2 points [-]

inconceivable! http://bit.ly/11G83DY

Comment author: gwern 05 August 2013 12:04:41AM 2 points [-]

What - how - I was sure I checked - IMPOSSIBRU!