The Manhattan Project

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sonneborn Liz
Published: Chelsea House,
Publisher Address: New York, N.Y.
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Milestones in world history
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Carrier Form: 128 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781604134100 (hbk.)
1604134100 (hardcover)
Index Number: E928
CLC: E928-097.12
Call Number: E928-097.12/S699
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120) and index.
Trinity -- Energy and the atom -- Sounding the alarm -- The project begins -- Life at Los Alamos -- Bombing Japan -- Welcoming the atomic age -- The legacy of the Manhattan Project.
Describes the Manhattan Project, a government-run program to invent an atomic bomb, and how its development and use greatly affected the course of World War II.