Demon Core: The Lethal Hubris of Atomic Science

Deep within the clandestine laboratories of Los Alamos, a fourteen-pound sphere of solid plutonium sat on a table, waiting to be pushed to the brink of a nuclear chain reaction. The scientists who built the world's first atomic weapons called it "e;tickling the dragon's tail."e;The Demon Core is the terrifying true story of how unparalleled intellectual brilliance collided with shocking physical r...