The history and science of the Manhattan Project. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bruce Cameron Reed.
• Authors: Reed, Bruce Cameron
• Contents: 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.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Berlin, Germany : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 538 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 539.709; Nuclear physics -- History; Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Nuclear Chemistry; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662581759; 3662581752; 3662581744; 9783662581742; 9783662581766; 3662581760
• Related ISBNs: 9783662581742
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 25, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.