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Sakharov, Andrei D.; Lourie, Richard (translated from the Russian) Memoirs
Alfred a Knopf Inc 1990 0394537408 / 9780394537405 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine
A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Stated First American Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $29.95. Dustcover is clean and bright, shows light wear and 2 tiny, closed tears. 776 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis: Describes the Sakharovs nearly 7 years in Gorky, where they were cut off from family and the world, where KGB persecution and hunger strikes continued. Library Journal: Sakharov was at once the brilliant physicist who created the hydrogen bomb and the humanitarian who won the Nobel Peace Prize. With his death last December, these Memoirs become timely testimony to his life, particularly his development, his motivations, and the influences shaping his actions. His account of Soviet nuclear testing and life among the privileged but closeted nuclear research community is compelling. Once he'd witnessed the biological effects of radiation, Sakharov changed the course of his life, and he details his several decades as a champion of Soviet human rights and world peace. His memoirs conclude with his release from a lengthy exile in Gorky in 1986, but Sakharov lived beyond this to see many of his convictions sanctioned through glasnost. Recommended for all libraries.-- Rena Fowler, Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette
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