Live with lightning

The most famous novel by Mitchell Wilson, in which the author put a lot of personal and autobiographical.
One of the main books of the twentieth century dedicated to science and its faithful knights.
Eric Gorin is a fiery fanatic of physics, ready to reject both a light university career and the wealthy life of a scientist who put his talent for industry service. Let others chase money and glory, combine scientific activities with secular entertainments or sacrifice it for the sake of a family good!
However, when he really finds himself among nuclear physicists, fate presents Gorin a cruel surprise, bringing the Manhattan project: What he dreamed of bringing to humanity in the form of an inexhaustible source of energy turned into a weapon of mass destruction of unprecedented power. But does the scientist bear responsibility for how others cost his invention?