Building the H bomb : a personal history /
Kenneth W Ford.
- xiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references : (pages 205-208) and index.
The big idea -- The protagonists -- The choice -- The scientists, the officials, and the president -- Nuclear energy -- Some physics -- Going west -- A new world -- The classical super -- Calculating and testing -- Constructing Matterhorn -- Academia cowers -- New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey -- The Garwin design -- Climbing Matterhorn -- More than a boy.
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Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-
Hydrogen bomb--Design and construction--History. Hydrogen bomb--History.--United States