@wellerstein any rec. on nuclear history books? I read the series by Richard Rhodes (Making Atomic Bomb) which I loved, looking for more
@mronge The most unappreciated nuclear book I've read in awhile is Sven Linqvist's A History of Bombing. Experimental and provocative.
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@wellerstein Cool! I think I saw that on your blog as well. Adding to my Amazon wish list nowThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein have you come across any good info on Admiral Rickover? Fascinating guy but the books I’ve read have left much to be desired -
@mronge I've yet to see anything on him that was very gripping, but I haven't looked too deeply. I agree that he is pretty fascinating! -
@wellerstein yea, not sure if the work they did for the first nuc. sub is still classified? I’d love read a technical discussion of it -
@mronge On classification, check out this recently declass'd diagram of the Nautilus, from 1951 — no core for you! http://nuclearsecrecy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Nautilus-censored.jpg … -
@wellerstein ahahahah! That is what I expected. I would love to tour it but I hear all the “interesting” stuff is strictly off limits
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@wellerstein all the books talk about him personally, I’d like to learn about some of their early work on reactors for subs and power plants -
@mronge The basic "reference" on the nuclear navy work is Hewlett's Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962. It's technical in parts, but heavy sledding. -
@wellerstein Whoa! Amazing. I’ll have to find a copy. You are a gold mine of info! -
@mronge Interesting story: Rickover wouldn't sign off on class. of Hewlett's previous book until H agreed to write Nuclear Navy book. -
@wellerstein ha, typical Rickover. He did incredible things, but a real jerk to deal with it seems
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