Bollee Laurent - Frederic
Bollee Laurent - Frederic - The Bomb The Weapon That Changed The World - Hardcover
Bollee Laurent - Frederic - The Bomb The Weapon That Changed The World - Hardcover
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Description: From the Big Bang to Hiroshima The Bomb is the multi - award - winning black - and - white graphic novel revealing the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented by writers Alcante and Laurent - Fr d ric Boll e and illustrator Denis Rodier. On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were pulverized and everything within four square miles was instantly destroyed. A deluge of flames and ash had just caused Japan's greatest trauma and changed the course of modern warfare and life on Earth forever. The world was horrified by the existence of the bomb the first weapon of mass destruction. But how could such an appalling tool be invented? To answer this question this illustrated history returns to the origins of its main component uranium and sheds light on the scientific discoveries around this element and its uses both civilian and military. Sifting through the history from Katanga to Japan through Germany Norway the USSR and New Mexico The Bomb is a succession of incredible but true stories. Alcante Boll e and Rodier have created an exhaustive and definitive work of nonfiction that details the stories of the unsung players as well as the remarkable men and women who are at the crux of its history and the events that followed.
Title: The Bomb The Weapon That Changed The World
Author(s): Bollee Laurent - Frederic, Denis Rodier
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419752094
Pages: 448 Pages, Black And White Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Category: Weapons & Equipment
Description: From the Big Bang to Hiroshima The Bomb is the multi - award - winning black - and - white graphic novel revealing the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented by writers Alcante and Laurent - Fr d ric Boll e and illustrator Denis Rodier. On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were pulverized and everything within four square miles was instantly destroyed. A deluge of flames and ash had just caused Japan's greatest trauma and changed the course of modern warfare and life on Earth forever. The world was horrified by the existence of the bomb the first weapon of mass destruction. But how could such an appalling tool be invented? To answer this question this illustrated history returns to the origins of its main component uranium and sheds light on the scientific discoveries around this element and its uses both civilian and military. Sifting through the history from Katanga to Japan through Germany Norway the USSR and New Mexico The Bomb is a succession of incredible but true stories. Alcante Boll e and Rodier have created an exhaustive and definitive work of nonfiction that details the stories of the unsung players as well as the remarkable men and women who are at the crux of its history and the events that followed.
Title: The Bomb The Weapon That Changed The World
Author(s): Bollee Laurent - Frederic, Denis Rodier
Publisher: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419752094
Pages: 448 Pages, Black And White Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Category: Weapons & Equipment
