Bibliograph

The Manhattan Project, big science and the atom bomb, Jeff Hughes

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The Manhattan Project, big science and the atom bomb, Jeff Hughes

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Manhattan Project

Oclc number

52203147

Responsibility statement

Jeff Hughes

Series statement

Revolutions in science

Sub title

big science and the atom bomb

Table Of Contents

Big science and the bomb -- Long before the bomb: the origins of big science -- Science, the military and industry: the great war and after -- From fission to mission: the origins of the Manhattan project -- Los Alamos: little science on a big scale? -- Thin man becomes fat man: the plutonium implosion programme -- From trinity to victory: making and using the first nuclear weapons -- After the bomb: big science and national security -- From big science to megascience: the age of the accelerators -- The invention of 'big science': large-scale science as pathological science -- Death in Texas: the end of megascience? -- The myths of big science

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