Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry: A Novel

What was life like for the scientists working at Los Alamos? Thomas McMahon imagines this life through the wide eyes of young Tim MacLaurin, the thirteen-year-old son of an MIT physicist who, inspired by a young woman named Maryann, worked on the project. Filled with the sensuous excitement of scientific discovery and the outrageous behavior of people pushed beyond their limits, is a beautifully written coming-of-age story that explores the mysterious connections between love and work, inspiration and history.