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The Neutron´s Long Shadow: Legacies of Nuclear Explosives Production in the Manhattan Project
Martin Miller
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Description for The Neutron´s Long Shadow: Legacies of Nuclear Explosives Production in the Manhattan Project
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; KNBN; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1597.
The intellectual adventure of developing the atomic bomb at Los Alamos has been well documented, but the fact is that 90% of the Manhattan Project expenditures went to produce the exotic nuclear explosive materials required. That is the story told here, a story of the brilliant harnessing of American industry to build a coordinated network of huge production plants using technology that was being developed even as the plants themselves were rising. It is the story of multiple, complex production methods being pursued simultaneously without knowing any of them would ultimately work, a story of daring gambles and their ultimate ... Read more
The intellectual adventure of developing the atomic bomb at Los Alamos has been well documented, but the fact is that 90% of the Manhattan Project expenditures went to produce the exotic nuclear explosive materials required. That is the story told here, a story of the brilliant harnessing of American industry to build a coordinated network of huge production plants using technology that was being developed even as the plants themselves were rising. It is the story of multiple, complex production methods being pursued simultaneously without knowing any of them would ultimately work, a story of daring gambles and their ultimate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1596g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764352379
SKU
V9780764352379
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About Martin Miller
Martin Miller has been doing serious high-resolution photography since 1970. As a former research physicist, Miller brings a distinctive point of view to creating images of this quintessentially scientific subject. His photographic work has also received numerous international awards.
Reviews for The Neutron´s Long Shadow: Legacies of Nuclear Explosives Production in the Manhattan Project
In this comprehensive and definitive work, Martin Miller reveals the massive, brooding machinery behind the apocalyptic weapons of the Atomic Age. Much that is revealed here is gone-dismantled and buried away-making Miller's haunting photographs a final, Ozymandian memorial.
Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb A great addition to the literature on the Manhattan Project. ... Read more
Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb A great addition to the literature on the Manhattan Project. ... Read more