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Critical Assembly - A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945 (Paperback, Revised)
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Critical Assembly - A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945 (Paperback, Revised)
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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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