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The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The History and Science of the Manhattan Project/ by Bruce Cameron Reed.
Author:	Reed, Bruce Cameron.
Description:	XVIII, 538 p. 190 illus., 27 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Nuclear physics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58175-9
ISBN:	9783662581759

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project
Reed, Bruce Cameron.

The History and Science of the Manhattan Project[electronic resource] /by Bruce Cameron Reed. - 2nd ed. 2019. - XVIII, 538 p. 190 illus., 27 illus. in color.online resource. - Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,2192-4791. - Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,.

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.

The development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U.S. Army’s Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level “Modern Physics” course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons. This second edition contains important revisions and additions, including a new chapter on the German atomic bomb program and new sections on British and Canadian contributions to the Manhattan project and on feed materials. Several other sections have been expanded; reader feedback has been helpful in introducing minor corrections and improved explanations; and, last but not least, the second edition includes a detailed index. .

ISBN: 9783662581759

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-662-58175-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

591618
Nuclear physics.

LC Class. No.: QC770-798

Dewey Class. No.: 539.7092

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