The Manhattan Project

Name: The Manhattan Project
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ISBN: 9781840465044

ISBN-10: 1840465042

ISBN-13: 9781840465044

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeff Hughes

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In a compelling story of power, war, morality and science Jeff Hughes traces the Tube Alloys cover story that became the Manhattan Project. This project was 20th century man's attempt to design and build an atomic weapon that would finish World War Two in a decisive way.

Book details

List price: $14.45
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Publication date: 4/9/2003
Pages: 170
Size: 4.43" wide x 6.62" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.308



Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction: Big Science and the Bomb Long


Before the Bomb


The Origins of Big Science Science, the Military and Industry


The Great War and After From Fission to Mission


The Origins of the Manhattan Project Los Alamos


Little Science on a Big Scale? Thin Man Becomes Fat Man


The Plutonium Implosion Programme From Trinity to Victory


Making and Using the First Nuclear Weapons After the Bomb


Big Science and National Security From Big Science to Megascience


The Age of the Accelerators The Invention of 'Big Science'


Large-Scale Science as Pathological Science Death in Texas


The End of Megascience?


Conclusions


The Myths of Big Science


Further Reading