100 Suns - Disappointed
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Having read and enjoyed Oppenheimer : American Prometheus, I was not sure what I expected from Michael Light's book "100 Suns". What I did expect was at least accurate historical information and when the book erroneously refers to the dropping of the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on the 5th August 1945 instead of the 6th - you must question the rest of the statistics in this book. Don't waste your money!
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Explosive viewing.
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A wonderfully presented pictorial guide showing almost half of the American atmospheric atomic & h-bomb detonations, dividing tests between the continental USA and pacific proving grounds. It's a large book containing the photos and individual test descriptions, giving you a rare insight to the destructive power of man's most powerful deterent to date. The closing sections of the book gives a guide to each detonation featured plus a chronological history of US weapon invantory. If you think you have all the books on this subject and don't have this one, you're missing out!
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The Beauty of Destruction
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I had to check this book out after I saw a 2hr documentary on the history channel about the A-Bomb. A great counterpart and in depth photographic look at the most powerful man-made destructive device on earth
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The Greatest Firework Show on Earth
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I found Michael Light's "100 Suns" purely by chance in the Tate Modern's art shop.
I almost bought it purely because of the fantastic, remarkable photos. The book contains 100 atomic bomb tests from 1945 to 1962 by the United States.
I have always had a fascination of the visual beauty of atomic explosions and the science behind them.
I do hope this does not sound peverse, (I am not attracted to the awesome destructive power).
The wonderful luxurious sombre black paper quality, shows this to be a real postwar masterpiece.
There is page after page of these incredible photographs of various kilotons and megatons exploding in the middle of a desert.
Michael White has put together this wonderful photographic record of nuclear splendour.
The book retails at £30- but I was ever so pleased to see Amazon selling it for £21, wooooow!!!!
I urge you to buy this book and treasure it.
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Real, Scary Art.
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I have flicked through this book a number of times and each time it makes me think about why these weapons were built. What are they for, really? So they were built never to be used, huh? hmmm, never did understand that. Anyway, this book really does provoke some thought; utter destruction can be so beautiful. And once you've looked at the pics, read the history of the arms race in the Appendix and see just how big the so-called 'missile gap' really was...
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