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Manhattan Project [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of the Century / / by Bruce Cameron Reed



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Autore: Reed Bruce Cameron Visualizza persona
Titolo: Manhattan Project [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of the Century / / by Bruce Cameron Reed Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Edizione: 1st ed. 2020.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 553 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
Disciplina: 623.45119
Soggetto topico: Physics
Nuclear physics
Heavy ions
Nuclear chemistry
Popular Science in Physics
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
Nuclear Chemistry
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: An Overview of the Manhattan Project -- Background: A Brief but Friendly Tour of Nuclear Physics -- Organization: Coordinating Government and Army Support -- Design: The Los Alamos Laboratory -- Production: Uranium and Plutonium -- Testing: Project Trinity -- Deployment: Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Legacy: The Cold War, the Nuclear Landscape, and Possible Futures. .
Sommario/riassunto: The Manhattan Project, the United States Army’s program to develop and deploy nuclear weapons in World War II, was a pivotal event in human history. While thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Project, this is the first comprehensive single-volume history prepared by a specialist for curious readers without a scientific background. The author presents a wide-ranging survey that not only tells the story of how the project was organized and carried out, but also introduces the leading personalities involved and gives qualitative but accurate descriptions of the underlying science and the engineering challenges. The technical points are illustrated by reader-friendly graphics. .
Titolo autorizzato: Manhattan Project  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-030-45734-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996418181203316
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