By Bruce Cameron Reed
The improvement of atomic bombs less than the auspices of the U. S. Army’s ny undertaking in the course of international struggle II is taken into account to be the phenomenal information tale of the 20 th century. during this ebook, a physicist and professional at the heritage of the venture offers a accomplished assessment of this momentous success. the 1st 3 chapters hide the background of nuclear physics from the invention of radioactivity to the invention of fission, and will be perfect for teachers of a sophomore-level “Modern Physics” path. Student-level workouts on the ends of the chapters are followed via solutions. bankruptcy 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission guns at an analogous point, back followed via routines and solutions. For the layman and for non-science scholars and teachers, the booklet contains vast qualitative fabric at the historical past, association, implementation, and result of the long island venture and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader additionally learns concerning the legacy of the undertaking as mirrored within the present international stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
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