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The atomic bomb : the story of the Manhattan Project : how nuclear physics became a global geopolitical game-changer /
This volume, prepared by an acknowledged expert on the Manhattan Project, gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isoto...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA):
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2015]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 2.
IOP concise physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume, prepared by an acknowledged expert on the Manhattan Project, gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isotopes. The text describes the underlying scientific discoveries that made nuclear weapons possible, how the project was organized, the daunting challenges faced and overcome in obtaining fissile uranium and plutonium, and in designing workable bombs, the dramatic Trinity test carried out in the desert of southern New Mexico in July 1945, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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| Notas: | "Version: 20140601"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). Also available in print. |
| Público: | Senior high school/early undergraduate/trade with interest in science, history, and legacy of the Manhattan Project. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781627059916 |
| ISSN: | 2053-2571 |