The History and Science of the Manhattan Project

• Main Author: Reed, Bruce Cameron (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Physics.; Nuclear chemistry.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Nuclear Chemistry.

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 momen...