Atomic Bomb: the Story of the Manhattan Project How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer |
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| Author:
| Reed, Bruce Cameron |
| Series title: | Iop Concise Physics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62705-992-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Morgan & Claypool Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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This book gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the Manhattan Project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isotopes. The text describes the underlying scientific discoveries that made nuclear weapons possible, how the project was organized, the daunting challenges faced and overcome, the dramatic Trinity test carried out in the desert of southern New...
More DescriptionThis book gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the Manhattan Project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isotopes. The text describes the underlying scientific discoveries that made nuclear weapons possible, how the project was organized, the daunting challenges faced and overcome, the dramatic Trinity test carried out in the desert of southern New Mexico in July 1945, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.