Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute : the memoirs of George A. Cowan /

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"George Cowan's memoir is an engaging eyewitness account of how science works and how scientists, as people, work as well. In discussing his career in nuclear physics from the 1940s into the 1980s, Cowan talks about some of his assignments in nuclear forensics, including President Harry Tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cowan, G. A. (George A.), 1920-2012
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Temas:
Cowan, G. A. > (George A.), > 1920-2012.
Cowan, George A.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) > History.
Los Alamos National Laboratory > History.
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, N.M.) > History.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Chemists > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > New Mexico > Los Alamos > Biography.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Businessmen.
Chemists.
Philanthropists.
Los Alamos (N.M.) > Biography.
New Mexico > Los Alamos.
United States.
Autobiographie.
collective biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"George Cowan's memoir is an engaging eyewitness account of how science works and how scientists, as people, work as well. In discussing his career in nuclear physics from the 1940s into the 1980s, Cowan talks about some of his assignments in nuclear forensics, including President Harry Truman's skeptical review of the analysis of Russia's first atomic bomb test in 1949. Throughout his book, Cowan weaves in intriguing anecdotes about a large cast of distinguished scientists - all related in his concise, wry manner."--Jacket
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780826348722
0826348726

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