The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
A history professor at the University of New Mexico, author Ferenc Szasz offers a well-researched history of the world's first nuclear test in this volume. The book covers the origins of the US nuclear program to the end of the Los Alamos projects, focusing especially on the crucial Trinity tests in southern New Mexico.
Focusing heavily on the community built at Los Alamos around figures like J. Robert Oppenheimer and his colleagues, this account describes how New Mexico's culture served as a backdrop to the development of the program and how Los Alamos created a not-yet-replicated center of scientific knowledge.
University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Paperback, 233 pages.
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