Overview
- Is the only popular-level treatment of the Manhattan Project by a recognized expert on the topic
- Covers all aspects of the project from the underlying science to the effects of atomic bombs
- Includes a wealth of photos and details on leading personalities and significant research sites
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book is the first comprehensive single-volume history prepared by a specialist for curious readers without a scientific background.
This project, the United States Army’s program to develop and deploy atomic weapons in World War II, was a pivotal event in human history. The author presents a wide-ranging survey that not only tells the story of how the project was organized and carried out, but also introduces the leading personalities involved and features simplified but accurate descriptions of the underlying science and the engineering challenges. The technical points are illustrated by reader-friendly graphics. .
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Authors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Manhattan Project
Book Subtitle: The Story of the Century
Authors: Bruce Cameron Reed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45734-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45733-4Published: 03 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45736-5Published: 03 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45734-1Published: 02 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 553
Number of Illustrations: 127 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Nuclear Chemistry