Manhattan Project
[[Image:Calutrons at Oak Ridge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Control panels and operators for calutrons at the Y-12 National Security Complex|Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge National Laboratory|Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Further reading
- Badash, Lawrence, Joseph O. Hirschfelder, Herbert P. Broida, (eds) Reminiscences of Los Alamos, 1943-1945, Dordrecht, Boston: D. Reidel, 1980, ISBN 902771097X, LoC QC791.96.R44
- Bethe, Hans A. The Road from Los Alamos, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1991, ISBN 0671740121
- Groueff, Stephane, Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1967) The definitive history of the technical work of the Project, including many of its little-known technical achievements.
- Jungk, Robert, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists, (NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1956, 1958)
- Groves, Leslie, Now it Can be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project (New York: Harper, 1962) The managerial history of the Project, by its leader.
- Herken, Gregg, Brotherhood of the Bomb : The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002). ISBN 0805065881
- Hoddeson, Lillian, Paul W. Henriksen, Roger A. Meade, and Catherine L. Westfall, Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945, Cambridge, 1993
- Nichols, Kenneth David, The Road to Trinity: A Personal Account of How America's Nuclear Policies Were Made (New York: William Morrow and Company Inc, 1987). ISBN 068806910X
- Rhodes, Richard, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986) ISBN 0671441337 An excellent contemporary overall history of the Project.
- Serber, Robert, The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb (University of California Press, 1992) ISBN 0520075765 Original 1943, "LA-1", declassified in 1965. (Available on ).
- Serber, Robert, Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science, (NY: Columbia Un. Press, 1998), ISBN 0231105460, LoC QC16.S46A3 1998
- Sherwin, Martin J., A World Destroyed: The Atomic Bomb and the Grand Alliance (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975). ISBN 0394497945
- Smyth, Henry DeWolf, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes; the Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945). (Smyth Report)
- US House of Representatives, 81st Congress, 2nd Session, Committee on Un-American Activities, Hearings Regarding Shipment of Atomic Material to the Soviet Union During World War II (DC, US Gov Printing Office , 1950
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | The Manhattan Engineering District |
| ► | The two different paths to the bomb |
| ► | Similar efforts |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Further reading |
| ► | External links |
~ What's Hot ~
The Karate Kid, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Princess And The Frog, 2012, Avatar, Alvin And The Chipmunks The Squeakquel, Legion, The Goods Live Hard Sell Hard, Dear John, The Hangover, New Moon, Clash Of The Titans, All About Steve, The Book Of Eli, The Blind Side, District 9, 500 Days Of Summer, The Mummy 4 Rise Of The Aztec, Up In The Air, Sorority Row,
~ Community ~
| ► | History Forum Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures |
| ► | History Web-Ring A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site. |
and are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Lexicon - Privacy Policy - Spiritus-Temporis.com ©2005.
