The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb - Couverture souple

Gosling, F G; U S Department Of Energy, Department O; Gosling, Francis G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410224554 ISBN 13 : 9781410224552

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2005

Synopsis

The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb is a short history of the origins and development of the American atomic bomb program during World War II. Beginning with the scientific developments of the pre-war years, the monograph details the role of United States government in conducting a secret, nationwide enterprise that took science from the laboratory and into combat with an entirely new type of weapon. The monograph 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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In a national survey at the turn of the millennium, journalists and historians ranked the dropping of the atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan to end the Second World War as the top story of the twentieth century. The advent of nuclear weapons, brought about by the Manhattan Project, not only helped bring an end to World War II but ushered in the atomic age and determined how the next war—the Cold War—would be fought. The Manhattan Project also became the organizational model behind the impressive achievements of American “big science” during the second half of the twentieth century, which demonstrated the relationship between basic scientific research and national security.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410224554
• ISBN 13: 9781410224552
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 84
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible