--- product_id: 76328474 title: "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" price: "₱2589" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/76328474-the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # The Making of the Atomic Bomb **Price:** ₱2589 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Making of the Atomic Bomb - **How much does it cost?** ₱2589 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/76328474-the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description **Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award** The definitive history of nuclear weapons— from the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project—this epic work details the science, the people, and the sociopolitical realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to World War Two and the Americans’ race to beat Hitler’s Nazis. That competition launched the Manhattan Project and the nearly overnight construction of a vast military-industrial complex that culminated in the fateful dropping of the first bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Reading like a character-driven suspense novel, the book introduces the players in this saga of physics, politics, and human psychology—from FDR and Einstein to the visionary scientists who pioneered quantum theory and the application of thermonuclear fission, including Planck, Szilard, Bohr, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Teller, Meitner, von Neumann, and Lawrence. From nuclear power’s earliest foreshadowing in the work of H.G. Wells to the bright glare of Trinity at Alamogordo and the arms race of the Cold War, this dread invention forever changed the course of human history, and The Making of The Atomic Bom b provides a panoramic backdrop for that story. Richard Rhodes’s ability to craft compelling biographical portraits is matched only by his rigorous scholarship. Told in rich human, political, and scientific detail that any reader can follow, The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a thought-provoking and masterful work. Review: An all angle account of the Manhattan Project - It's pointless for me to endorse something that has already been highly praised by a bunch of Physics Nobel Laurates, Carl Sagan, and so more... This book can't be recommended to any specific group of readers. Almost anybody can get mesmerized by looking at the thing from owns angle. Scientists, engineers, military leaders, and political leaders everyone's role is recorded in this masterpiece. It captures in great detail how science, military & politics merged to one point in time at 5.30 am on 16 July 1945. There is lot to learn from it history, science, engineering, planning, execution, strategy, morality and ethics.... I wonder what if everything that got into this destruction would have channelized to creation! I find it necessary read. At a rate of .5 chapter per day, I took 34 days to engulf the whole thing. Review: Superb - Great book for science lovers.. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #124,682 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #124 in Military History (Books) #182 in United States History (Books) #1,590 in Society & Social Sciences | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,878 Reviews | ## Images ![The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61KLAA1jwQL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An all angle account of the Manhattan Project *by R***L on 1 June 2025* It's pointless for me to endorse something that has already been highly praised by a bunch of Physics Nobel Laurates, Carl Sagan, and so more... This book can't be recommended to any specific group of readers. Almost anybody can get mesmerized by looking at the thing from owns angle. Scientists, engineers, military leaders, and political leaders everyone's role is recorded in this masterpiece. It captures in great detail how science, military & politics merged to one point in time at 5.30 am on 16 July 1945. There is lot to learn from it history, science, engineering, planning, execution, strategy, morality and ethics.... I wonder what if everything that got into this destruction would have channelized to creation! I find it necessary read. At a rate of .5 chapter per day, I took 34 days to engulf the whole thing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb *by P***R on 6 November 2025* Great book for science lovers.. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Renews the dialogue for global nuclear disarmament *by G***N on 22 September 2023* Richard Rhodes's classic on the history of the "Atomic Bomb" should get five stars, were it not for the undue length. This monumental books starts with the gifted Hungarian scientist Leo Slizard and ends with the horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bookended between these are the various technical aspects of Uranium bomb and the Plutonium bomb developed in places like Los Alamos, NM, Oakridge, TN and Hanford, WA otherwise called the Manhattan project headed by Oppenheimer and Groves. It also discusses the awful bloodymindedness that control the psyche of the leaders, the scientists, the defence personnel and the population during war and the short shrift given to long term consequences of developing such programmes in secret. It is a tragedy of epic proportions that in the USA and in Great Britain the leaders and policy makers fail to heed the sage advice of Nobel laureate Niels Bohr and Leo Slizard, who warned that keeping this programme a secret and dropping bombs in Japan will have disastrous results for the protection of humanity in future. What followed was the costly cold war between USA and USSR (which soon developeda bomb of its own) and the wasting of enormous resources that still plagues our times with no security in sight. It also presents the hollowness of the moral argument that dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan saved American lives, which is the same justification that Fritz Haber used in World War - I to justify chemical warfare to save German lives. The Japanese teenager who was a victim of the Hiroshima said it best that "War is a torture on the innocents". ## Frequently Bought Together - The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition - Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb - American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/76328474-the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/76328474-the-making-of-the-atomic-bomb) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-07-22*