The Manhattan Project
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Published: |
Chelsea House,
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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. |