LEADER 04283nam 22006495 450 001 9910337875003321 005 20220622175249.0 010 $a3-662-58175-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-662-58175-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000007656780 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-662-58175-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5921061 035 $a(PPN)235001597 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007656780 100 $a20190219d2019 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 $a2nd ed. 2019. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 538 p. 190 illus., 27 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4791 311 $a3-662-58174-4 327 $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 German Nuclear Program -- The Legacy of Manhattan -- Glossary -- Index. 330 $aThe development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U.S. Army?s Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level ?Modern Physics? course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons. This second edition contains important revisions and additions, including a new chapter on the German atomic bomb program and new sections on British and Canadian contributions to the Manhattan project and on feed materials. Several other sections have been expanded; reader feedback has been helpful in introducing minor corrections and improved explanations; and, last but not least, the second edition includes a detailed index. . 410 0$aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4791 606 $aFísica nuclear$2thub 606 $aHistòria de la física$2thub 606 $aNuclear physics 606 $aHeavy ions 606 $aPhysics 606 $aNuclear chemistry 606 $aNuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23010 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aNuclear Chemistry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C31000 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 7$aFísica nuclear 615 7$aHistòria de la física 615 0$aNuclear physics. 615 0$aHeavy ions. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aNuclear chemistry. 615 14$aNuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$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 $a9910337875003321 996 $aThe History and Science of the Manhattan Project$92517317 997 $aUNINA