The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

The development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U. S. Army's Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this mome...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Bruce Cameron (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
Temas:
Nuclear physics.
Physics-Philosophy.
Nuclear chemistry.
Nuclear Physics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Nuclear Chemistry.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and Overview
  • A Short History of Nuclear Physics to the Mid-1930s
  • The Discovery and Interpretation of Nuclear Fission
  • Organizing the Manhattan Project, 1939-1943
  • Oak Ridge, CP-1, and the Clinton Engineer Works
  • The Hanford Engineer Works
  • Los Alamos, Trinity, and Tinian
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • The Legacy of Manhattan
  • Glossary.

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