Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
Summary
Profiles seven people--including Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, and Andrei Sakharov--whose study of the atom has shaped the field of nuclear science during this century.
Contents
Marie Curie -- Ernest Rutherford -- Enrico Fermi -- Ernest O. Lawrence -- J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Maria Goeppert-Mayer -- Andrei Sakharov.
