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The Advisors

Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb

by Herbert F. York


ISBN: 0804717141
ISBN-13: 9780804717144
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published date: 1989
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Pages: 201

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1) The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb
York, Herbert F

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Stanford Univ Pr, 1989 In very good, clean and unmarked condition. Cover shows light wear. Provides an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (more information)

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2) The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb
York, Herbert F

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Stanford Univ Pr, 1989 Clean copy. Unmarked pages. prev. owners name neatly inside cover. "The advsors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on the author's own particiaption in Project Superbomb, on interviews with other particpants, and on declassified documents, this book explains the complete background to this major acceleration fo the nuclear arms race.". Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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3) The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
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4) The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb
York, Herbert

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989. (1st thus, Revised Edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, faint age soil to exterior, clean interior, slight tilt. Corner crease on back cover. "the best volume-length study of the H-bomb issues." ISBN: 0804717141. (more information)

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York, Herbert F

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6) The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Stanford Univ Pr, 1989 201 pp. indexed. " First published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look ta the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb....". Trade Paperback. As New/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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