Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and The Political Science Of The Atomic Bomb

by Jim Ottaviani, Janine Johnston (Artist), Jeffrey Jones (Artist), Chris Kemple (Artist)

Overview

So, you've always wanted to learn how to build an atomic bomb? You're in luck: Jim Ottaviani is not only a comics writer...he also has a master's degree in nuclear engineering! But even though it's not a complete do-it-yourself manual (assembly required, and plutonium is definitely not included), Fallout will bring you up to speed on the science and politics of the first nuclear gadgets.

Like its companion volumes, the focus of Fallout is on the scientists themselves — in particular J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leo Szilard, whose lives offer a cautionary tale about the uneasy alliance between the military, the government, and the beginnings of "big science."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780966010633
Publisher:	G.T. Labs
Publication date:	09/24/2013
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Jim Ottaviani has written nonfiction, science-oriented comics since 1997, notably the number one New York Times bestseller, Feynman and Fallout which was nominated for an Ignatz Award. He has worked as a nuclear engineer, caddy, programmer, and reference librarian. Primates is his first collaboration with artist Maris Wicks. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.