04283nam 22006495 450 991033787500332120220622175249.03-662-58175-210.1007/978-3-662-58175-9(CKB)4100000007656780(DE-He213)978-3-662-58175-9(MiAaPQ)EBC5921061(PPN)235001597(EXLCZ)99410000000765678020190219d2019 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe History and Science of the Manhattan Project /by Bruce Cameron Reed2nd ed. 2019.Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (XVIII, 538 p. 190 illus., 27 illus. in color.)Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,2192-47913-662-58174-4 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 German Nuclear Program -- The Legacy of Manhattan -- Glossary -- Index.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. This second edition contains important revisions and additions, including a new chapter on the German atomic bomb program and new sections on British and Canadian contributions to the Manhattan project and on feed materials. Several other sections have been expanded; reader feedback has been helpful in introducing minor corrections and improved explanations; and, last but not least, the second edition includes a detailed index. .Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,2192-4791Física nuclearthubHistòria de la físicathubNuclear physicsHeavy ionsPhysicsNuclear chemistryNuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadronshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23010History and Philosophical Foundations of Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000Nuclear Chemistryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C31000Llibres electrònicsthubFísica nuclearHistòria de la físicaNuclear physics.Heavy ions.Physics.Nuclear chemistry.Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.Nuclear Chemistry.539.709Reed Bruce Cameronauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut947691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910337875003321The History and Science of the Manhattan Project2517317UNINA