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Building the H bomb = a personal history /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Building the H bomb/ Kenneth W. Ford.
Reminder of title:	a personal history /
Author:	Ford, Kenneth William,
Published:	Singapore :World Scientific, : c2015.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 221 p.) :ill., ports. :
Notes:	Title from PDF title page (viewed March 17, 2015)
Subject:	Hydrogen bomb - Design and construction -
Online resource:	http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9269#t=toc
ISBN:	9789814618809

Building the H bomb = a personal history /
Ford, Kenneth William,1926-

Building the H bomba personal history /[electronic resource] :Kenneth W. Ford. - 1st ed. - Singapore :World Scientific,c2015. - 1 online resource (xiii, 221 p.) :ill., ports.

Title from PDF title page (viewed March 17, 2015)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index.

"In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with -- and relaxed with -- scientific giants of that time such as Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John von Neumann, and John Wheeler, and here offers illuminating insights into the personalities, the strengths, and the quirks of these men. Well known for his ability to explain physics to nonspecialists, Ford also brings to life the physics of fission and fusion and provides a brief history of nuclear science from the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 to the ten-megaton explosion of “Mike” that obliterated a Pacific Island in 1952. Ford worked at both Los Alamos and Princeton's Project Matterhorn, and brings out Matterhorn's major, but previously unheralded contribution to the development of the H bomb. Outside the lab, he drove a battered Chevrolet around New Mexico, a bantam motorcycle across the country, and a British roadster around New Jersey. Part of the charm of Ford's book is the way in which he leaves his well-researched descriptions of the scientific work with brief tales of his life away from weapons."--

Electronic reproduction.
Singapore :
World Scientific,
[2015].

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view PDF file.

ISBN: 9789814618809Subjects--Personal Names:

1003410
Ford, Kenneth William,
1926-Subjects--Topical Terms:

1240267
Hydrogen bomb
--Design and constructionIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: UG1282.A8 / F67 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 623.4/5119

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