1988 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhode

Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan…

Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society

Daniel Callahan