the real Dr. Strangelove and the dream of the superweapon
Smith, Peter D
2007
Chronicles the proposed development of a cobalt H-bomb capable of mass destruction on an unprecedented level, profiling the personalities behind the technology while considering how the bomb represents humanity's fears about destruction science.
Physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard are transported to the future at the moment of the first atomic explosion and are forced to face the consequences of their deadly creation.