Description
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.
Author: Bruce Cameron Reed
Publisher: Springer
Published: 06/03/2021
Pages: 553
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.15d
ISBN13: 9783030457365
ISBN10: 3030457362
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | General
- Science | Physics | Nuclear
- Science | Chemistry | Industrial & Technical
About the Author
Bruce Cameron Reed is the Charles A. Dana professor of Physics at Alma College (Michigan), emeritus. He has published four textbooks and over 50 journal papers and semi-popular articles on the Manhattan Project; two of the texts are with Springer. In 2009 he was selected as Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his contributions to promoting understanding of the history and physics of the Project.