Manhattan Project [E-Book] : The Story of the Century/ by Bruce Cameron Reed.
The Manhattan Project, the United States Army's program to develop and deploy nuclear weapons in World War II, was a pivotal event in human history. While thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Project, this is the first comprehensive single-volume history...
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Personal Name(s): | Reed, Bruce Cameron, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2020. |
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Springer,
2020
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Physical Description: |
XIV, 553 pages 152 illustrations, 25 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030457341 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-45734-1 |
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- Introduction: An Overview of the Manhattan Project
- Background: A Brief but Friendly Tour of Nuclear Physics
- Organization: Coordinating Government and Army Support
- Design: The Los Alamos Laboratory
- Production: Uranium and Plutonium
- Testing: Project Trinity
- Deployment: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Legacy: The Cold War, the Nuclear Landscape, and Possible Futures. .