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The Physics of the Manhattan Project Paperback - 2016
by Reed, Bruce Cameron
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- Paperback
Description
Details
- Title The Physics of the Manhattan Project
- Author Reed, Bruce Cameron
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 222
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Date 2016-08-23
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 3662519860.G
- ISBN 9783662519868 / 3662519860
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.51 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.30 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.792
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From the rear cover
The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, analytic and numerical models of the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design. An extensive list of references and a number of exercises for self-study are included. Links are given to several freely-available spreadsheets which users can use to run many of the calculations for themselves.