Remembering the Manhattan Project : perspectives on the making of the Atomic Bomb and its legacy.
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| Imprint: | Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2004. |
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| Description: | xi, 188 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5714108 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. A report on the proceedings
- Opening remarks / Jeff Bingaman
- Opening remarks / Everet H. Beckner
- Preserving the history of the Manhattan project / Cynthia C. Kelly
- The atomic bomb in the Second World War / Richard Rhodes
- The Manhattan project : an extraordinary achievement of the "American way" / Stephane Groueff
- A tale of two documents / Andrew Brown
- A footnote on Hiroshima and atomic morality : Conant, Niebuhr, and an "emotional" clergyman, 1945-46 / James G. Hershberg
- A Los Alamos beginning / Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin
- General Leslie R. Groves and the scientists / Robert S. Norris
- Science in the service of the state : the cautionary tale of Robert Oppenheimer / Gregg Herken
- Leo Szilard : baiting brass hats / William Lanouette
- SEDs at Los Alamos : a personal memoir / Benjamin Bederson
- Some experiences at the Met : lab and what could be learned from a highly successful and challenging project / Jerome Karle
- My first professional assignment / Isabella Karle
- Triumph and tragedy : the odyssey of J. R. Oppenheimer - a personal perspective / Maurice M. Shapiro
- Then and now / Maxine Singer
- The Manhattan project : qualitative or quantitative change? / Stephen Younger
- Expertise and independence : the role of the science advisor / Richard L. Garwin
- The future of nuclear deterrence / Richard Rhodes
- Reflections on the Manhattan project : consequences and repercussions / James Schlesinger
- Pt. II. A plan for preserving the Manhattan project
- Preserving America : a strategy for the Manhattan project
- Cross-cutting recommendations
- Preservation strategies for the Manhattan project : two options
- App. A. Description of Manhattan project properties
- Feature article : the Frisch-Peierls memorandum
- Memorandum on the properties of a radioactive super-bomb / Otto R. Frisch and Rudolf Peierls.
