When the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, its tremors were felt even in U.S. book publishing. The journalists of science hastily locked themselves up with their thoughts and their typewriters. Editors spurred them on.
Last week, a sizable number of atomic books burdened the newsstands.* Few contained anything important or trustworthy which had not already been published in the now-famed Smyth Report (Atomic Energy for Military Purposes; Princeton University Press; $1.25). Some of the new books were sprinkled with palpable errors. Others burbled with the gee whiz tone of popular science. Some gave...
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