Atomic Energy for Military Purposes; The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945.
by SMYTH, Henry DeWolf (1898-1986)
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- ISBN 10
- 0804717214
- ISBN 13
- 9780804717212
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About This Item
Stanford:: Stanford University Press, 1989., 1989. Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Revised reprint. 8vo. xv, 324 pp. Illus., appendices, index. Black-stamped red cloth. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0804717214 Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat. He played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy, as a participant in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency. He was the author behind the famous August 12, 1945 Smyth Report on the use of the atomic bomb.
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL3168
- Title
- Atomic Energy for Military Purposes; The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945.
- Author
- SMYTH, Henry DeWolf (1898-1986)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0804717214
- ISBN 13
- 9780804717212
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press, 1989.
- Place of Publication
- Stanford:
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Atomic Energy
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