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The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project - Hardcover

by Bruce Cameron Reed
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Availability:In StockContributor:Bruce Cameron ReedSeries:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in PhysicsPublish date:2019-03-01Pages:538
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783662581742ISBN-10:3662581744UPC:9783662581742Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Chemistry, Philosophy & Social AspectsBook Topic:Nuclear, Industrial & TechnicalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.19 inchesWeight:2.1Product ID:SCHN9ZEJEX
Introduction 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783662581742ISBN-10:3662581744UPC:9783662581742Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Chemistry, Philosophy & Social AspectsBook Topic:Nuclear, Industrial & TechnicalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 1.19 inchesWeight:2.1Product ID:SCHN9ZEJEX

The author holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and has published over 30 technical and semi-popular-level papers on the Manhattan Project and related nuclear history in publications such as American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, European Journal of Physics, Natural Science, American Scientist, Physics & Society and Physics in Perspective. In 2009 he was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his contributions " ... to the history of both the physics and the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project."


Publisher: Springer

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2nd 2019 Edition

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Bruce Cameron Reed

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Bruce Cameron Reed

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