Building the H bomb : a personal history /
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World Scientific Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Hackensack, New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 221 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index. |
ISBN: |
9789814618793 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 9814618799 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | UG1282 |
CLC: | TJ91-09 |
Call Number: | TJ91-09/F699 |
Contents: | The big idea -- The protagonists -- The choice -- The scientists, the officials, and the president -- Nuclear energy -- Some physics -- Going west -- A new world -- The classical super -- Calculating and testing -- Constructing Matterhorn -- Academia cowers -- New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey -- The Garwin design -- Climbing Matterhorn -- More than a boy. |