Effects of nuclear earth-penetrator and other weapons [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control - United States
Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons - United States Underground areas |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-74222-4
9786610742226 0-309-55106-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""3 Earth-Penetrator Weapons""; ""4 Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons Against Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""5 Fallout and Tools for Calculating Effects of Release of Hazardous Materials""; ""6 Human and Environmental Effects""; ""7 Conventional Weapons""; ""8 Uncertainty in Estimates of Effects""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff""; ""B Agendas""; ""C Equivalent Yield Factors for Energy Coupling""
""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454656003321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 | ||
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Effects of nuclear earth-penetrator and other weapons [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control - United States
Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons - United States Underground areas |
ISBN |
0-309-18146-1
1-280-74222-4 9786610742226 0-309-55106-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""3 Earth-Penetrator Weapons""; ""4 Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons Against Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""5 Fallout and Tools for Calculating Effects of Release of Hazardous Materials""; ""6 Human and Environmental Effects""; ""7 Conventional Weapons""; ""8 Uncertainty in Estimates of Effects""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff""; ""B Agendas""; ""C Equivalent Yield Factors for Energy Coupling""
""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782043503321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 | ||
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Effects of nuclear earth-penetrator and other weapons [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control - United States
Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons - United States Underground areas |
ISBN |
0-309-18146-1
1-280-74222-4 9786610742226 0-309-55106-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""3 Earth-Penetrator Weapons""; ""4 Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons Against Hard and Deeply Buried Targets""; ""5 Fallout and Tools for Calculating Effects of Release of Hazardous Materials""; ""6 Human and Environmental Effects""; ""7 Conventional Weapons""; ""8 Uncertainty in Estimates of Effects""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff""; ""B Agendas""; ""C Equivalent Yield Factors for Energy Coupling""
""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821444803321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005 | ||
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Grappling with the bomb : Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests / / Nic Maclellan |
Autore | Maclellan Nic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Acton, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Operation Grapple, Kiribati, 1956-1958
Nuclear weapons - Great Britain - Testing Hydrogen bomb - Great Britain - Testing |
ISBN | 1-76046-138-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The leader: Sir Winston Churchill -- The survivors: Lemeyo Abon and Rinok Riklon -- The fisherman: Matashichi Oishi -- The Task Force Commander: Wilfred Oulton -- The businessman: James Burns -- The pacifist: Harold Steele -- Interlude: On radiation, safety and secrecy -- The Chief Petty Officer: Ratu Inoke Bainimarama -- The sailor: Paul Ah Poy -- The high chief: Ratu Penaia Ganilau -- The WVS ladies: Mary and Billie Burgess -- The pilot: Geoffrey Dhenin -- The Prime Minister: Harold Macmillan -- The Foreign Officer: Gillian Brown -- The telegraphist: Roy Sefton -- The soldiers: Isireli Qalo -- The Banaban: Tekoti Rotan -- The mothers: Sui Kiritome -- The last soldiers: Josefa Vueti -- The President: John F. Kennedy -- Interlude: Contested illnesses -- The research scientist: Al Rowland -- The litigant: Pita Rokoratu -- The Rear Admiral: Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910228949203321 |
Maclellan Nic
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L' invenzione della bomba atomica / Richard Rhodes ; traduzione di Gianni Rigamonti |
Autore | RHODES, Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Rizzoli, 1990 |
Descrizione fisica | 990 p. : 42 p. di tav., ill. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Collana | Collana storica Rizzoli |
Soggetto topico | Bombe atomiche - Invenzione |
ISBN | 88-17-33749-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990000855230203316 |
RHODES, Richard
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Milano : Rizzoli, 1990 | ||
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The last voice : Roy J. Glauber and the dawn of the atomic age / / José Ignacio Latorre and María Teresa Soto-Sanfiel |
Autore | Latorre José Ignacio |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 179 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico | Physicists - United States |
ISBN | 3-031-29984-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introductions -- I: Him -- II: Us -- It and Them. At First -- Front to Front -- To Dark and Mysterious Places -- Fission Discovered -- And Einstein Signed a Letter -- From Harvard to Los Alamos -- Los Alamos -- Everyday Life in Los Alamos -- The Essentials -- Living to Work -- In Free Time -- Etiquette -- Friendships -- Candid Camera -- News from Outside -- Prayer in the Mountains -- Political Affairs -- Redefining the Site -- A Scientist at Los Alamos -- The First day -- Early Calculations -- The Theoretical Division: Bethe Versus Teller -- Computers at Los Alamos -- Progressively Harder Calculations -- Orchestrating Calculations -- Shared Concerns -- Oppenheimer -- The Strange Couple -- A Literary Figure -- The Arbiter of Good Taste -- Family Life -- The Bomb -- The Gadget -- Windshield Wipers for Submarines -- Little Boy and Fat Man -- Neutrons at Different Time Scales -- The Hardest Part -- The Jumbo -- Pre-detonation -- The Simplest Solution, the Biggest Problem -- Fruitless Efforts -- Lens Solution -- Uranium Versus Plutonium -- Spies -- Security -- Espionage -- Klaus Fuchs -- Theodore Hall -- One Who Got Away: Joseph Rotblat -- Atomic Explosions -- Trinity -- Flash -- The Betting Pool -- The Fermi Estimate -- Radioactivity -- Japan -- What the Scientists Knew -- The Decision -- Hiroshima -- Nagasaki -- A Telegram -- Ethics -- The Secret is Out -- The Aftermath of the War -- Towards the H-Bomb -- A Strange Period -- Silence from Los Alamos -- Trouble with the Law -- Relations with the USSR -- The H-bomb -- Ironies -- Losing Contact with Los Alamos -- Farewell to Arms -- Back to School -- Different Paths -- We'll Meet Again -- Bizarre Happenings -- The Transformation of Los Alamos -- Oppenheimer Reviled -- The Hearings -- American Hero -- American Primitives -- Envy of Oppenheimer.
Security on Trial -- Private Loves -- The Witch Hunter -- The Right Word -- Roy J. Glauber -- Sketches of a Bio -- Traveling Youth -- Going to College -- The Nobel Prize -- The Road to the Nobel -- The Sudarshan Controversy -- A Sad Sequel -- A Nobel Prize -- Meanings -- One of Them -- Big Science -- Worth the Effort -- Appendix A: Nobel Laureates -- Appendix B: Extraordinary Minds -- Appendix C: Los Alamos Organization Chart -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746960503321 |
Latorre José Ignacio
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Manhattan Project [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of the Century / / by Bruce Cameron Reed |
Autore | Reed Bruce Cameron |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 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 |
ISBN | 3-030-45734-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910409992803321 |
Reed Bruce Cameron
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Manhattan Project [[electronic resource] ] : The Story of the Century / / by Bruce Cameron Reed |
Autore | Reed Bruce Cameron |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 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 |
ISBN | 3-030-45734-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. . |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996418181203316 |
Reed Bruce Cameron
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The physics of the Manhattan Project / / Bruce Cameron Reed |
Autore | Reed Bruce Cameron |
Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 256 p. 88 illus.) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear fission
Nuclear weapons |
ISBN | 3-030-61373-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Preamble: Fundamental Data On Little Boy and Fat Man -- Energy Release in Nuclear Reactions, Neutrons, Fission, and Characteristics of Fission -- Critical Mass, Efficiency, and Yield -- Producing Fissile Material -- Complicating Factors -- Miscellaneous Calculations -- Appendices (A-K). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484315503321 |
Reed Bruce Cameron
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The physics of the Manhattan Project / / Bruce Cameron Reed |
Autore | Reed Bruce Cameron |
Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 256 p. 88 illus.) |
Disciplina | 623.45119 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear fission
Nuclear weapons |
ISBN | 3-030-61373-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Preamble: Fundamental Data On Little Boy and Fat Man -- Energy Release in Nuclear Reactions, Neutrons, Fission, and Characteristics of Fission -- Critical Mass, Efficiency, and Yield -- Producing Fissile Material -- Complicating Factors -- Miscellaneous Calculations -- Appendices (A-K). |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466845703316 |
Reed Bruce Cameron
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