| Contents |
The big idea -- The protagonists -- The choice -- The scientists, the officials, and the president -- Nuclear energy -- Some physics -- Going west -- A new world -- The classical super -- Calculating and testing -- Constructing Matterhorn -- Academia cowers -- New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey -- The Garwin design -- Climbing Matterhorn -- More than a boy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2014029386 |
| ISBN | 9789814632072 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9814632074 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789814618793 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9814618799 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
