The atomic age began at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, with the
explosion of “the Gadget” at Trinity near Alamogordo, New
Mexico. Prelude to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which
forced the capitulation of Japan and ended World War II, the
Trinity test was the culmination of herculean efforts by
scientists, civilians, and the military of the United States to tap
the potential of the atom for a wartime emergency. If Nazi Germany
could engineer the bomb first, an Allied victory against Hitler was
all but lost. Historic Photos of the Manhattan
Project is a look back at the epic struggle to build the
world’s first atomic bomb. Nearly 200 images in vivid
black-and-white reveal the project as it unfolded, from its
secretive origins at Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos, to the day
Americans celebrated triumph over the Axis powers with victory over
Japan. A pinnacle moment in the history of the United States, the
Manhattan Project’s application of Einstein’s famous equation
E=MC2 shows, perhaps better than any other single endeavor,
what can be achieved by human ingenuity when the citizens of a
great nation are united in freedom against a fearsome and despotic
foe.
General
Imprint: |
Turner Publishing, Inc.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Historic Photos |
Release date: |
June 2009 |
Text writers: |
Timothy Joseph
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Dimensions: |
222 x 222 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
202 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68442-074-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
1-68442-074-1 |
Barcode: |
9781684420742 |
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