# The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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James Gleick - _Chaos_. A very accessible read on the history of the discovery of chaos theory and its real-world implications.

Richard Feynman - _Surely you’re Joking Mr Feynman_. Funny autobiographical essays with a very good historical flavor of the times.

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