Nuclear NM Summer Book Club
Nuclear NM Summer Book Club: "Nuclear in New Mexico," exploring the impact of nuclear technology on our state.
- End of summer book discussion:
TBD, September 2025 via Zoom. - Summer of 2025:
ANS Trinity Section is running a Summer Book Club again this year! Please join us in reading this unique book. - Selection:
A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, by E.B. Held. - Summary:
When thinking of New Mexico, few Americans think spy-vs.-spy intrigue, but in fact, to many international intelligence operatives, the state's name is nearly synonymous with espionage... In this fascinating guide, former CIA agent E. B. Held guides modern visitors through the history of such events as the plot to assassinate Leon Trotsky, Ted Hall's delivery of technical details of the atom bomb to the KGB, and the controversial allegations regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Dr. Wen Ho Lee's contacts with China. - Get the book:
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local libraries. - A 2025 end-of-summer book discussion will be scheduled in September.
- Contact the PI&O chair, Carl Willis or 505-412-3277, for more information.
Previous reading selections for the Nuclear NM Summer Book Club:
- Summer 2024: Chain Reaction: A Story About Power in the Age of Climate Change, by Shawn Connors.
- Summer 2023: Trinity, a Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm.
- Summer 2022: Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range, by Jim Eckles.
Particularly recommended: Chapters 2, 7, 18, 23, and 26. - Summer 2021: 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos, by Jennet Conant.
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