The history and science of the Manhattan Project /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Reed, Bruce Cameron, author.
Imprint:Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 451 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Language:English
Series:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, 2192-4791
Undergraduate lecture notes in physics,
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11081585
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9783642402975
3642402976
3642402968
9783642402968
9783642402968
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 21, 2013).
Summary: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.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783642402968
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ki 4500
001 11081585
005 20170630045726.9
006 m o d
007 cr cnu|||unuuu
008 131115s2014 gw ac ob 000 0 eng d
003 ICU
040 |a GW5XE  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c GW5XE  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCF  |d COO  |d OCLCA  |d COH  |d VT2  |d A7U  |d OCLCO  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d MDAVP  |d OCLCO 
019 |a 880590083  |a 922907110  |a 960176115  |a 966264911 
020 |a 9783642402975  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 3642402976  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 3642402968  |q (print) 
020 |a 9783642402968  |q (print) 
020 |z 9783642402968 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5  |2 doi 
035 |a (OCoLC)863043452  |z (OCoLC)880590083  |z (OCoLC)922907110  |z (OCoLC)960176115  |z (OCoLC)966264911 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a QC773.A1 
072 7 |a PHM  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a SCI051000  |2 bisacsh 
084 |a C7:6  |b REE  |2 z 
049 |a MAIN 
100 1 |a Reed, Bruce Cameron,  |e author.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007018509  |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/1915000 
245 1 4 |a The history and science of the Manhattan Project /  |c Bruce Cameron Reed. 
264 1 |a Heidelberg :  |b Springer,  |c 2014. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 451 pages) :  |b illustrations, portraits. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/c 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier  |0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/cr 
347 |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 |a Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,  |x 2192-4791 
505 0 |a 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 Legacy of Manhattan -- Glossary. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
520 |a 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. 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 21, 2013). 
610 2 0 |a Manhattan Project (U.S.)  |x History. 
610 2 7 |a Manhattan Project (U.S.)  |2 fast  |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00635166 
650 0 |a Nuclear physics  |x History.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108500 
650 0 |a Nuclear weapons  |z United States  |x History.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010103996 
650 1 4 |a Physics. 
650 2 4 |a Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. 
650 2 4 |a History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 
650 2 4 |a Nuclear Chemistry. 
650 7 |a Nuclear physics.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01040386 
650 7 |a Nuclear weapons.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01040971 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9783642402968 
830 0 |a Undergraduate lecture notes in physics,  |x 2192-4791  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012021382 
856 4 0 |u http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5  |y SpringerLink 
903 |a HeVa 
929 |a eresource 
999 f f |i 3a7ce090-d0f2-527a-83dc-e176672c84b9  |s 3a970d91-0a50-53a5-be88-9e9a7961b6df 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a QC773.A1  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-40297-5  |z SpringerLink  |g ebooks  |i 9891816