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Manhattan Project

The Story of the Century

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-030-45736-5
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungstermin: 03.06.2021
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Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book is the first comprehensive single-volume history prepared by a specialist for curious readers without a scientific background.

This project, the United States Army’s program to develop and deploy atomic weapons in World War II, was a pivotal event in human history. The author presents a wide-ranging survey that not only tells the story of how the project was organized and carried out, but also introduces the leading personalities involved and features simplified but accurate descriptions of the underlying science and the engineering challenges. The technical points are illustrated by reader-friendly graphics. .

Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783030457365
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-45736-5
  • Verlag: Springer
  • Erscheinungstermin: 03.06.2021
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2020
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 860 g
  • Seiten: 553
  • Format (B x H): 155 x 235 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Reed, Bruce Cameron

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.