Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1988) Winner
Richard Rhodes
リチャード・ローズ
Richādo Rōzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-07-04 （Kansas City, Kansas）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kansas City, Kansas → Kansas City, Missouri → Independence, Missouri (Andrew Drumm Institute) → New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University) → California
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Historian, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, Board of trustees, Andrew Drumm Institute
- Memberships
- Board of trustees, Andrew Drumm Institute
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Drumm Institute | — | High School | High School Diploma | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
Andrew Drumm Institute
High School
Degree:
High School Diploma
Year of Graduation:
1955
Country:
United States
Yale University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
United States
graduated with honors, member of Manuscript Society
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pulitzer Prize | The Making of the Atomic Bomb | General Nonfiction | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1987 | National Book Award | The Making of the Atomic Bomb | Nonfiction | National Book Foundation | Winner |
| 1987 | National Book Critics Circle Award | The Making of the Atomic Bomb | — | — | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize
1987
Work:
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Category:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
National Book Award
1987
Work:
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Category:
Nonfiction
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Winner
National Book Critics Circle Award
1987
Work:
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
1986 Contemporary history 900 pagesA narrative of the history of the people and events during World War II from the discoveries leading to the science of nuclear fission in the 1930s, through the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nuclear weaponsManhattan ProjectScience historyEthics
Translations
- Translated into a dozen or so other languages
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
1995 Contemporary historyStory of atomic espionage during WWII, debates over hydrogen bomb, its creation and consequences for the arms race.
Hydrogen bombCold WarEspionage
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
2007 Contemporary historyChronicle of arms buildups during the Cold War, focusing on Gorbachev and Reagan administration.
Nuclear arms raceCold War
The Twilight of the Bombs
2010 Contemporary historyPost-Cold War nuclear history, proliferation, nuclear terrorism; final volume in nuclear history series.
Nuclear proliferationNuclear terrorism
Energy: A Human History
2018 History of scienceReviews the history of our use of energy from around 1500 to the present.
Energy historyScience and technology
Bibliography
- The Inland Ground: An Evocation of the American Middle West (1970)
- The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party (1973)
- The Ozarks (1974)
- Holy Secrets (1978)
- Looking for America: A Writer's Odyssey (1979)
- The Last Safari (1980)
- Sons of Earth (1981)
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986)
- Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer (1989)
- A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood (1990)
- The Inland Ground: An Evocation of the American Middle West. Revised Edition (1991)
- Making Love: An Erotic Odyssey (1992)
- Nuclear Renewal: Common Sense about Energy (1993)
- Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (1995)
- How to Write: Advice and Reflections (1995)
- Trying to Get Some Dignity: Stories of Triumph over Childhood Abuse (1996)
- Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague (1997)
- Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist (1999)
- Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust (2002)
- John James Audubon: The Making of an American (2004)
- The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party (reissued 2007)
- Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race (2007)
- The Twilight of the Bombs (2010)
- Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr (2011)
- Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made (2015)
- Energy: A Human History (2018)
- Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature (2021)
Translations of Works
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb translated into a dozen or so languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed and engaging narrativeAuthoritative on nuclear historyClear and accessible prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Nuclear weapons and ethicsHuman stories in scientific discoveryDetailed accounts of historical events
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of landmark nuclear history 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'. Published 23 books on nuclear history, science, and more. Research materials at University of Kansas.
Archives
- Kansas Collection at the Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
In Popular Culture
- Frequent appearances on C-SPAN
- Wrote a play about the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit
Quotes
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An epic worthy of Milton. Nowhere else have I seen the whole story put down with such elegance and gusto and in such revealing detail and simple language which carries the reader through wonderful and profound scientific discoveries and their application
Source: The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986)
Trivia
- Mother committed suicide in 1938; abused by stepmother and sent to Andrew Drumm Institute with brother.
- Board member of Andrew Drumm Institute since 1991.
- Father of two children and a grandfather.
- Contributed numerous articles to national magazines.