The bomb in my garden
by Mahdi Obeidi · first published 2004
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Praise for The Bomb in My Garden "This one book will tell you more about Iraq's quest for weapons of mass destruction than all U.S. intelligence on the subject. It is a fascinating and rare glimpse inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq--and inside a tyrant's mind." --Fareed Zakaria author of The Future of Freedom "The Bomb in My Garden is important and utterly gripping. The old cliche is true--you start reading, and you don't want to stop. Mahdi Obeidi's story makes clear how hard Saddam Hussein tried to develop a nuclear weapon, and the reasons he fell short. It is also unforgettable as a picture
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i recently read "the bomb in my garden" by mahdi obeidi (sic) who was the head of the iraqi uranium enrichment effort under Saddam Hussein. they started out with nothing and had to do everything from scratch. they were able to spin their centrifuge…
on “Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionage-related charges” ↗Read “The Bomb in my Garden” by Obeidi. As I recollect, he buried the plans for a centrifuge and some key parts.
on “Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert” ↗…span of his career. Little things that are important but not obvious. If you’re building a house, another really good book is “what not to build.” I also recommend “Islamic imperialism” from Yale, “the bomb in my garden” by mahdi obeidi and “nothing to envy.”
on “Show HN: 40k HN comments mentioning books, extracted using deep learning” ↗There's a book called "The Bomb in My Garden", about the man responsible for Iraq's nuclear weapons program in the 90's, which get pretty in depth to the length he had to go to in order to get "not very close". It gets into a lot more detail than…
on “Why It's So Hard to Make Nuclear Weapons” ↗