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Critical Assembly

Name: Critical Assembly
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 04092629
Price: 47.69 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Hoddeson
ISBN: 9780521541176

Hoddeson

Lillian (University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign)

Paul W. Henriksen

Roger A. Meade

Catherine L. (Michigan State University) Westfall

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04092629

Publishers Cambridge University Press, February 2004

This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first ato... Full description

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This 1993 volume is a lucid and accurate history of the technical research that led to the first atomic bombs. The authors explore how the 'critical assembly' of scientists, engineers and military personnel at Los Alamos, responding to wartime deadlines, collaborated to create a new approach to large-scale research. The book opens with an introduction laying out major themes. After a synopsis of the prehistory of the bomb project, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the start of the Manhattan Engineer District, and an overview of the early materials programme, the book examines the establishment of the Los Alamos Laboratory, the implosion and gun assembly programmes, nuclear physics research, chemistry and metallurgy, explosives, uranium and plutonium development, confirmation of spontaneous fission in pile-produced plutonium, the thermonuclear bomb, critical assemblies, the Trinity test, and delivery of the combat weapons. Readers interested in history of science will find this volume a crucial resource for understanding the underpinnings of contemporary science and technology.

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About the book

Full name Critical Assembly

Author Hoddeson, Lillian (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Paul W. Henriksen, Roger A. Meade, Catherine L. (Michigan State University) Westfall

Language

English

Binding Book - Paperback

Date of issue 2004

Number of pages 528

EAN 9780521541176

ISBN 0521541174

Libristo code 04092629

Publishers Cambridge University Press

Weight 780

Dimensions 231 x 154 x 35