About the Author

Richard Rhodes is the author or editor of twenty-three books, including "The Making of the Atomic Bomb, "which won a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, " which was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in History. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Ford, Guggenheim, MacArthur, and Alfred P. Sloan foundations, among others. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford, and a host and correspondent for the public television series "Frontline "and "American Experience." He lectures frequently in the United States and abroad. He lives near Half Moon Bay, California.