What was life like for the scientists working at Los Alamos? Thomas McMahon imagines this life through the wide eyes of young Tim MacLaurin, the thirteen-year-old son of an MIT physicist who, inspired by a young woman named Maryann, worked on the project. Filled with the sensuous excitement of scientific discovery and the outrageous behavior of people pushed beyond their limits, Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that explores the mysterious connections between love and work, inspiration and history.
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What was life like for the scientists working at Los Alamos? Thomas McMahon imagines this life through the wide eyes of young Tim MacLaurin, the thirteen-year-old son of an MIT physicist who, inspired by a young woman named Maryann, worked on the project. Filled with the sensuous excitement of scientific discovery and the outrageous behavior of people pushed beyond their limits, Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that explores the mysterious connections between love and work, inspiration and history.
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Thomas McMahon (1943 1999) was the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and professor of biology at Harvard University. He is the author of Loving Little Egypt and McKay's Bees, both published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as the posthumous novel, Ira Foxglove.
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"ARE WE GOING TO SCUFFLE?" my mother was asking my father. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Nelse Nachtigall, Richie Mundi, San Francisco, Selina Meisner, Fuller Lodge, General Windkessel, Nelson Nachtigall, New York, Frank Woods, Princess Lena, Rio Grande, Cousin Frankie, Fra Cristobal, Happy Valley, Liberty Street, Prince Albert, Trinity Avenue, Guaje Mountain, Uncle Pete New!
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Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Nelse Nachtigall, Richie Mundi, San Francisco, Selina Meisner, Fuller Lodge, General Windkessel, Nelson Nachtigall, New York, Frank Woods, Princess Lena, Rio Grande, Cousin Frankie, Fra Cristobal, Happy Valley, Liberty Street, Prince Albert, Trinity Avenue, Guaje Mountain, Uncle Pete New!
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- Loving Little Egypt: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction) by Thomas McMahon in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Muscles, Reflexes, and Locomotion by Thomas A. McMahon in Front Matter
- Secret Understandings: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction) by Morris Philipson in Front Matter
- The Dark Room (The Photographer 2) by Barbara A. Steiner in Front Matter
- The Dark Room (Phoenix Fiction Series) by R. K. Narayan in Front Matter
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- Charles Dickens in Cyberspace: The Afterlife of the Nineteenth Century in Postmodern Culture by Jay Clayton on page 202, and Back Matter
- The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race by Priscilla McMillan in Back Matter
- The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group by Ellen Slezak on page 227
- IRA Foxglove by Thomas McMahon in Front Matter
- Breakdown : How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb Was Stolen by Richard Melzer in Back Matter
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