The History and Science of the Manhattan Project
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-40296-8 (ISBN)
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The author holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and has published 20 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 my contributions “ … to the history of both the physics and the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project.”
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 Legacy of Manhattan.- Glossary.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 472 p. 173 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 859 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik | |
| Schlagworte | atomic bomb • Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Los Alamos Project • Manhattan Project • Manhattan Project Undergraduate Text • Manhattan-Projekt • Nuclear Fission Bomb • nuclear weapons |
| ISBN-10 | 3-642-40296-8 / 3642402968 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-40296-8 / 9783642402968 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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