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"We could bend bullets. We couldn't conjure bread."
- Last entry, Wenceslas Mine, 1944
It took $2 billion to build the bomb. It took $4.3 million in canned peaches to make it work.
August 1945. The atomic bomb works. Barely.
Los Alamos scientists notice something impossible: The Fat Man core goes 2 milliseconds early. The yield is 2 kilotons too high. Every time.
The cause is not physics. It's people.
12 men of the 509th Composite Group, eating 6,000 calories a day, wrapped in 200 pounds of copper wire, trained to do one thing: Believe that the equations will hold.
This is the story of the Manhattan Observers - the most secret, most ridiculous, and cheapest force multiplier in military history.
From the Talent Corps of 1918 who held bridges together with thought, to the German Überbewusstsein bunker at Wenceslas Mine where 300 starving observers tried to bend bullets and conjure bread, to Tinian Island where 5,000 tons of peaches won a calorie war - reality was never what we thought it was.
Reality is a democracy. Votes weighted by butter.
Based on real history. Built on real physics. And terrifyingly, brilliantly plausible.
Perfect for fans of Oppenheimer, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and The Men Who Stare at Goats.
Book 2 of The Caloric Wars
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "We could bend bullets. We couldn't conjure bread."- Last entry, Wenceslas Mine, 1944It took $2 billion to build the bomb. It took $4.3 million in canned peaches to make it work.August 1945. The atomic bomb works. Barely.Los Alamos scientists notice something impossible: The Fat Man core goes 2 milliseconds early. The yield is 2 kilotons too high. Every time.The cause is not physics. It's people.12 men of the 509th Composite Group, eating 6,000 calories a day, wrapped in 200 pounds of copper wire, trained to do one thing: Believe that the equations will hold.This is the story of the Manhattan Observers - the most secret, most ridiculous, and cheapest force multiplier in military history.From the Talent Corps of 1918 who held bridges together with thought, to the German UEberbewusstsein bunker at Wenceslas Mine where 300 starving observers tried to bend bullets and conjure bread, to Tinian Island where 5,000 tons of peaches won a calorie war - reality was never what we thought it was.Reality is a democracy. Votes weighted by butter.Based on real history. Built on real physics. And terrifyingly, brilliantly plausible.Perfect for fans of Oppenheimer, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and The Men Who Stare at Goats.Book 2 of The Caloric Wars This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798233795022
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "We could bend bullets. We couldn't conjure bread."- Last entry, Wenceslas Mine, 1944It took $2 billion to build the bomb. It took $4.3 million in canned peaches to make it work.August 1945. The atomic bomb works. Barely.Los Alamos scientists notice something impossible: The Fat Man core goes 2 milliseconds early. The yield is 2 kilotons too high. Every time.The cause is not physics. It's people.12 men of the 509th Composite Group, eating 6,000 calories a day, wrapped in 200 pounds of copper wire, trained to do one thing: Believe that the equations will hold.This is the story of the Manhattan Observers - the most secret, most ridiculous, and cheapest force multiplier in military history.From the Talent Corps of 1918 who held bridges together with thought, to the German UEberbewusstsein bunker at Wenceslas Mine where 300 starving observers tried to bend bullets and conjure bread, to Tinian Island where 5,000 tons of peaches won a calorie war - reality was never what we thought it was.Reality is a democracy. Votes weighted by butter.Based on real history. Built on real physics. And terrifyingly, brilliantly plausible.Perfect for fans of Oppenheimer, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, and The Men Who Stare at Goats.Book 2 of The Caloric Wars This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798233795022
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