Principles of American nuclear chemistry [electronic resource] : a novel / Thomas McMahon.
By: McMahon, Thomas A.
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TextSeries: Phoenix fiction: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003Description: 1 online resource (246 p.).ISBN: 9780226561172 (electronic bk.); 0226561178 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Fiction | Atomic bomb -- Fiction | Physicists -- Fiction | Young men -- Fiction | Literature | FICTION -- Coming of AgeGenre/Form: Bildungsromans. | Electronic books. | Bildungsromans.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Principles of American nuclear chemistry.DDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3563.C3858 | P75 2003ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost Review: "What was life like for the scientists working at Los Alamos? Thomas McMahon imagines this life through the wide eyes of young Tim McLaurin, the thirteen-year-old son of an MIT physicist who, inspired by a young woman named Maryann, worked on the project. Filled with the sensuous excitement of scientific discovery and the outrageous behavior of people pushed beyond their limits, Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that explores the mysterious connection between love and work, inspiration and history."--Jacket.
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"What was life like for the scientists working at Los Alamos? Thomas McMahon imagines this life through the wide eyes of young Tim McLaurin, the thirteen-year-old son of an MIT physicist who, inspired by a young woman named Maryann, worked on the project. Filled with the sensuous excitement of scientific discovery and the outrageous behavior of people pushed beyond their limits, Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that explores the mysterious connection between love and work, inspiration and history."--Jacket.
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