The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb
- ISBN-10
- 0788178806
- ISBN-13
- 9780788178801
- Series
- The Manhattan Project
- Category
- Atomic bomb
- Pages
- 66
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Francis George Gosling
Description
A history of the origins and development of the American atomic bomb program during WWII. Begins with the scientific developments of the pre-war years. Details the role of the U.S. government in conducting a secret, nationwide enterprise that took science from the laboratory and into combat with an entirely new type of weapon. Concludes with a discussion of the immediate postwar period, the debate over the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and the founding of the Atomic Energy Commission. Chapters: the Einstein letter; physics background, 1919-1939; early government support; the atomic bomb and American strategy; and the Manhattan district in peacetime. Illustrated.
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