The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
New · History, Nonfiction, Science
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
2025 · 608 pages · Nonfiction
55
New
★ 4.53 on Goodreads · 2K ratings
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025). 4.53★ from 2K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers69 out of 100 · counts 50%+39
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #29 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #92 of the 220 history books we rank
- #134 of the 730 new books we rank
- #386 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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