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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce Cameron ReedPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 7.314kg ISBN: 9783662509142ISBN 10: 3662509148 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 27 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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.ReviewsFrom the book reviews: This new text by Cameron successfully marries the science with the history of the Manhattan Project in 472 pages and 173 illustrations (most of them original). ... I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about the history of the Manhattan Project and all the nuclear physics behind the project, which is written in a very approachable and educational way. (Dimitris Mihailidis, Medical Physics, Vol. 41 (9), September, 2014) Reed (Alma College) provides a well-written scientific, organizational, military, and diplomatic history of the American (and British!) programs leading to the construction and use of the world's first nuclear weapon. ... The book, part of Springer's 'Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics' series, is well suited for undergraduates and others who have successfully completed a good introductory college physics course. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. (A. M. Saperstein, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014) This work, published in the Springer Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics series, is intended as a college-level science text on the Manhattan Project, but serves well as a resource for scientists and non-scientists. ... Each chapter concludes with problems for students and an extensive bibliography. (ALSOS Digital Library for Nuclear Issues, alsos.wlu.edu, 2014) Author InformationThe author holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and has published 20 technical and semi-popular-level papers on the Manhattan Project and related nuclear history in publications such as American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, European Journal of Physics, Natural Science, American Scientist, Physics & Society and Physics in Perspective. In 2009 he was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of my contributions “ … to the history of both the physics and the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project.” Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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