About the Book: Destroyer of Worlds traces the extraordinary history of nuclear science, beginning with Henri Becquerel’s accidental discovery of radioactivity in 1896 and culminating in the terrifying development of thermonuclear weapons. Spanning decades and continents, it follows pioneering scientists including Ernest Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Irene Curie and Robert Oppenheimer. Exploring scientific breakthroughs, personal relationships, political tensions and the devastating consequences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this compelling history reveals how innocent scientific curiosity became entangled with global conflict. It also highlights overlooked contributions from remarkable women and the mysterious disappearance of Ettore Majorana.