Doomsday Men

The gripping, untold story of the doomsday bomb—the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.   “Chillingly compelling.” — New Scientist In 1950, Hungarian-born scientist Leo Szilard made a dramatic announcement on American radio: science was on the verge of creating a doomsday bomb. For the first time in history, mankind realized that he had within his grasp a truly God-like power, the ability to destroy life itself. The shockwave from this statement reverberated across the following decade and