Richard Rhodes

Politically Savvy Pulitzer Prize winning author engages the audience with the fascinating history of the atomic bomb and the future risks of nuclear terrorism.

• Author or editor of twenty-four books including the award-winning trilogy: “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award; “Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb,” which was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize in History; an investigation of the roots of private violence, “Why They Kill”; a personal memoir, “A Hole in the World”; a biography, “John James Audubon”; and four novels.
• Host and correspondent for documentaries on public television's Frontline and American Experience series.