The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb (Revolutions in Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1840465042 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jeff Hughes is a senior lecturer in the history of science and technology at the University of Manchester. His research concerns the social history of the physical and chemical sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the institutional history of twentieth-century British science.
From Booklist To set the parameters of his analysis of the Manhattan Project, Hughes homes in on two pictures: one of physicist Ernest Rutherford at his table-top particle-detecting apparatus, and another of a building-size detector used in a modern particle accelerator. The milestone between the two is invariably said to be the crash development of the atomic bomb. His labs as well as those of physicist Ernest Lawrence in the 1930s increasingly relied on industrial funding even as the British military simultaneously funded various scientific organizations. Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. Construction of the bomb, seen
Solid R. Albin A very concise and adequate discussion of the historic roots and nature of "Big Science." The latter is exemplified by increasingly large accelerators used in high energy physics, demanding not only enormously expensive and centralized equipment but also enormous teams of scientists and engineers. Hughes provides a nice discussion of the Manhatten Project as the historic model, particularly within the USA, for these kinds of enterprises. The Manhatten Project exemplified the confluenced of academic science, industrial sup. "Straight to the point" according to Louise. I had to read this book for my HIST 10Straight to the point I had to read this book for my HIST 103 class and I loved it. As a physic major and a lover of history this book combined everything I could have wanted. Hughes proves his point early on and is very clear and concise, and the book is fairly short so it's a quick, but informative read. The amount of work he put into getting all of his facts straight is astounding. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the Manhattan Project and/or Big Science. Some basic knowledge of chemistry/physic is helpful though. class and I loved it. As a physic major and a lover of history this book combined everything I could have wanted. Hughes proves his point early on and is very clear and concise, and the book is fairly short so it's a quick, but informative read. The amount of work he put into getting all of his facts straight is astounding. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the Manhattan Project and/or Big Science. Some basic knowledge of chemistry/physic is helpful though
Oppenheimer. Their efforts produced 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man', the bombs that ultimately destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. At Los Alamos and several other sites, American, British, Canadian and refugee European scientists, together with engineers, technicians and many other workers, laboured to design and build nuclear weapons. Established in 1942 at the height of the Second World War, the Manhattan Project was a dramatic quest to beat the Nazis to a deadly goal: the atomic bomb. In The Manhattan Project, Jeff Hughes offers a lively reinterpretation of the key elements i