A "meticulously researched" (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable ene...
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrou...
Richard RhodesWhat do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of communications signals among a spread of ...
Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Ci...
Richard RhodesFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning and bestselling author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, "The most extraordinary book about the Spanish Civil War ever encountered" (The Washington Post).The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) ...
Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challen...
Richard RhodesThe culminating volume in Richard Rhodes's monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our ...