Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer by Reed, Bruce Cameron

Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781681749082)

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Format: Hardcover
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Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer by Reed, Bruce Cameron

Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer

$55.00
Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer by Reed, Bruce Cameron

Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project: How Nuclear Physics Became a Global Geopolitical Game-Changer

$55.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the Manhattan Project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isotopes. The text describes the underlying scientific discoveries that made nuclear weapons possible, how the project was organized, the daunting challenges faced and overcome, the dramatic Trinity test carried out in the desert of southern New Mexico in July 1945, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Author: Bruce Cameron Reed
ISBN-10: 1681749084
ISBN-13: 9781681749082
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2015
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.38d

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