Birthplace of the atomic bomb : a complete history of the Trinity Test Site /

Birthplace of the atomic bomb : a complete history of the Trinity Test Site /

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Author / Creator:Loring, William S., 1955- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
©2019
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
Atomic bomb.
Trinity Site (N.M.) -- History.
New Mexico -- Trinity Site.
United States.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13563047
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Varying Form of Title:Complete history of the Trinity Test Site
ISBN:9781476633817
1476633819
9781476675510
1476675511
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2019).
Summary:"It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb--it was engineers, chemists and young physicists. Drawing on original documents, many recently declassified, the author sheds new light on a pivotal moment in history--now approaching its 75th anniversary--told from the point of view of the men who inaugurated the Atomic Age in the New Mexico desert"--
Other form:Print version: Loring, William S., 1955- Birthplace of the atomic bomb. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] 1476675511 9781476675510

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