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Record Nr.

UNINA9911002556703321

Autore

Reed Bruce Cameron

Titolo

The Manhattan Project encyclopedia : a concise guide to the people, places, concepts, devices and events of the development of the Atomic Bomb / / Bruce Cameron Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , [2025]

ISBN

9783031743252

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

940.53

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - United States - History

World War, 1939-1945

Nuclear physics

Physicists

Astronomers

Weapons

Criminology

Physics - History

Encyclopedias.

Biographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of the Manhattan Project -- Chapter 2. Manhattan Project Encyclopedia -- Chapter 3. Chronology.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a guide to the people, places, artifacts, events, terminology, scientific concepts, groups, critical documents, and code phrases associated with the Manhattan Project. It is of interest to all readers/researchers (students, journalists, policy-makers, specialist and non-specialist instructors and scientists) who need to rapidly access authoritative, self-contained definitions/descriptions of such items and references to authoritative sources. The individual entries are extensively cross-referenced.