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Review: Emily Seyl’s ‘Trinity’ a fascinating, troubling photographic record of Oppenheimer’s bomb

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By Bill Thompson
| Post and Courier
TRINITY: An Illustrated History of the World's First Atomic Test. By Emily Seyl. University of Chicago Press. 334 pages. $39. From a complex in a remote expanse of New Mexico, a team of scientists led by J. Robert Oppenheimer completed a clandestine operation that was to propel the world into a new, terrifying age. Code named Trinity, the detonation of the first atomic bomb in 1945 was a race against time. Its success unleashed a power that stunned even its creators.
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Review: ‘Witches’ by Steven Veerapen

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By Bill Thompson
| Post and Courier
WITCHES: A History of Witchcraft, Witch-Hunters, and a King's Obsession: 1562-1735. By Steven Veerapen. Pegasus Books. 336 pages $29.95. “Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.” — Roald Dahl, “The Witches.” Break out the brooms. Today, the imagery surrounding witches is largely a matter of fun.
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Review: ‘Salt Lakes’ a commendable mix of ecology, cultural criticism and memoir

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By Bill Thompson
| Post and Courier
SALT LAKES: An Unnatural History. By Caroline Tracey. W.W. Norton & Company. 272 pages. $31.99. Earth harbors more than 100 salt lakes of varied dimensions. But they share one overriding feature in common: almost all of them are at risk of going dry, with significant ecological consequences. Science, memoir, culture and travel writing merge, not always seamlessly, in Tracey’s “Salt Lakes.” Journalist and geographer Caroline Tracey’s subtitle reveals her approach, and it’s rather a mixed bag.
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