William Lanouette
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Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb
William Lanouette, Bela Silard
Leo Szilard has long been overshadowed by such luminaries as Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi—with whom he codesigned the first nuclear reactor in 1942. A shy, witty eccentric, the Hungarian born Szilard lived both sides of the arms race, working first to prevent, then to hasten, and finally to outlaw nuclear weapons.
“Lanouette’s book is eminently readable…. An excellent book spiced with telling anecdotes about a strange man who influenced world history.” —Max F. Perutz, New York Review of Books
