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Title: A wonderful, readable, 1st-hand account of 20th-C. physics.
Review: Serber, one of the most important and influential physicists of this century, tells it all. His perceptive and candid accounts of Los Alamos, Hiroshima, and US physics before and after WWII is amongst the best I have ever read. Of particular interest are a series of transcribed letters Serber and his wife exchanged while Serber was leading a group to Japan to study the effects of the bombs. These original accounts of his first impressions, untempered by decades of reflection, alone make this book worth reading. Any scientist, historian or well-read person will enjoy and learn from Serber's reminiscences.
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