Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
Language: English
Pages: 496
ISBN: 1579128084
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Born out of a small research program begun in 1939, the Manhattan Project eventually employed more than 130,000 people, including our foremost scientists and thinkers, and cost nearly $2 billion?and it was operated under a shroud of absolute secrecy. This groundbreaking collection of documents, essays, articles, and excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters, and the oral histories of key eyewitnesses is the freshest, most exhaustive exploration yet of the topic.
Compiled by experts at the Atomic Heritage Foundation, the book features first-hand material by Albert Einstein, Leslie Groves, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Niels Bohr, Henry Stimson, and many others.
Dozens of photographs depict key moments and significant figures, and concise explanatory material accompanies each selection. The project's aftermath and legacy are covered as well, making this the most comprehensive account of the birth of the atomic age.
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instrumental in setting up the Atomic Scientists Association in the United Kingdom, and within its framework organized the Atom Train, a traveling exhibition which explained to the public the good and evil aspects of nuclear energy. Through these activities I came to collaborate with Bertrand Russell. This association led to the foundation of the Pugwash Conferences, where I met again with colleagues from the Manhattan Project, who were also concerned about the threat to mankind that has arisen
were at Potsdam, on July 16. It was immediately clear that the power of the bomb measured up to our highest estimates. We had developed a weapon of such a revolutionary character that its use against the enemy might well be expected to produce exactly the kind of shock on the Japanese ruling oligarchy which we desired, strengthening the position of those who wished peace, and weakening that of the military party. Because of the importance of the atomic mission against Japan, the detailed plans
standard explanation for President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan. As Walker points out, controversy over this complex issue was introduced by the first public announcement of the atomic bomb and may never be resolved in a way that will satisfy all scholars and the interested public. * * * From Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan BY J. SAMUEL WALKER In the immediate aftermath of the war, the use of atomic bombs received the
aim is not required. 4. Probable Effect The best estimate of the kind of damage likely to be produced by the explosion of 1,800 tons of T.N.T. is afforded by the great explosion at Halifax N.S. in 1917. The following account is from the History of Explosives. “The ship contained 450,000 lb. of T.N.T., 122,960 lb. of gun-cotton, and 4,661,794 lb. of picric acid wet and dry, making a total of 5,234,754 lb. The zone of the explosion extended for about 3/4 mile in every direction and in this
had learned to read Italian so that he could follow the papers of the Fermi group closely. These papers were coming out at a rate of almost one per week in the Italian and British journals. Frisch had repeated the Italian measurements that demonstrated the slowing down of fast neutrons to room temperature by rattling around with atoms of water until, like billiard balls, they became sluggish in their movements. Considering his Christmas visit with his aunt, Lise Meitner, during the week when they