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The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
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The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945

by Ferenc Morton Szasz. 236 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Ferenc Morton Szasz

Publisher:

   University of New Mexico Press

Place of Publication:

  Albuquerque  

Publication Year:

  1984
Subjects:   Manhattan Project (U.S.), Atomic Bomb--New Mexico--Los Alamos--History, Los Alamos (N.M.)--Description And Travel
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