(B-026394) Compton, Arthur Holly. Atomic Quest: A Personal Narrative. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1956. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 370 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. Five pages toward the rear of the book have some wrinkling along the very outer edge of the pages. DJ slightly rubbed and spine slightly faded. The author was director of the Metallurical Laboratory of the Manhattan Project and a major participant in the research which led to the production of the atomic bomb. (Atomic Bomb, Manhattan Project)
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