People who lived in Los Alamos in the 1940s still have a flash or two of the youthful intensity of working to save the world through science. Many say Los Alamos was a utopia in which they could do what they loved to the nth degree and still have a family and community. Hunner (public history, New Mexico State U.) goes deeply into that time and place, exploring the growth and intentions of the town and the range of inhabitants' responses to the real nature of the work being done there. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)