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Trinity, the debut graphic book by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb in World War Two―with a focus on the brilliant, enigmatic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
“Succeeds as both a graphic primer and a philosophical meditation.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
This sweeping historical narrative traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of nineteenth-century Europe to the massive industrial and scientific efforts of the Manhattan Project, and even transports the reader into a nuclear reaction―into the splitting atoms themselves.
The power of the atom was harnessed in a top-secret government compound in Los Alamos, New Mexico, by a group of brilliant scientists led by the enigmatic wunderkind J. Robert Oppenheimer. Focused from the start on the monumentally difficult task of building an atomic weapon, these men and women soon began to wrestle with the moral implications of actually succeeding. When they detonated the first bomb at a test site code-named Trinity, they recognized that they had irreversibly thrust the world into a new and terrifying age.
With powerful renderings of WWII’s catastrophic events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Fetter-Vorm unflinchingly chronicles the far-reaching political, environmental, and psychological effects of this new invention. Informative and thought-provoking, Trinity is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant events in history.
ASIN : 0809093553
Publisher : Hill and Wang; Illustrated edition (May 28, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780809093557
ISBN-13 : 978-0809093557
Lexile measure : GN950L
Item Weight : 9.3 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.4 x 8.95 inches
Customers say
Customers find the illustrations powerful, beautiful, and concise. They describe the book as a satisfying intellectual experience, highly informative, and fascinating. Readers also appreciate the historical accuracy and pacing.
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