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The history and science of the Manhattan Project
- Title
- The history and science of the Manhattan Project / Bruce Cameron Reed.
- Author
- Reed, Bruce Cameron
- Publication
- Berlin : Springer-Verlag, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- xvi, 451 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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 momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level Modern Physics course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
- Series Statement
- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, 2192-4791
- Uniform Title
- Undergraduate lecture notes in physics.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-899
- ISBN
- 9783642402968
- 3642402968
- OCLC
- 857977632
- Author
- Reed, Bruce Cameron, author.
- Title
- The history and science of the Manhattan Project / Bruce Cameron Reed.
- Publisher
- Berlin : Springer-Verlag, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, 2192-4791Undergraduate lecture notes in physics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-899