LEADER 03694nam 22006855 450 001 9910300385703321 005 20251113190429.0 010 $a3-642-40297-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000078650 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-40297-5 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001049472 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11661886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001049472 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11018749 035 $a(PQKB)11301227 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6311743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1538485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1538485 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10976253 035 $a(OCoLC)922907110 035 $a(PPN)176114491 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000078650 100 $a20131015d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe History and Science of the Manhattan Project /$fby Bruce Cameron Reed 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (XVI, 472 p. 173 illus.) 225 1 $aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4805 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a3-642-40296-8 327 $aIntroduction 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. 330 $aThe development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U. S. Army?s Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level ?Modern Physics? course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons. . 410 0$aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4805 606 $aNuclear physics 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 606 $aNuclear chemistry 606 $aNuclear Physics 606 $aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aNuclear Chemistry 615 0$aNuclear physics. 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aNuclear chemistry. 615 14$aNuclear Physics. 615 24$aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aNuclear Chemistry. 676 $a539.709 700 $aReed$b Bruce Cameron$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0947691 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300385703321 996 $aThe History and Science of the Manhattan Project$92517317 997 $aUNINA