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A non-technical narrative of the actual making of the first Atom bomb with an accent on the personal cases of the participants and the industrial companies that built it. Rich of human stories and anecdotes. Foreign editiosn of the book are available in Great Britain, France, Japan, Germany,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nichols: Add a description of this character.
- Ernest Lawrence
- Dobie Keith
- Harold Urey
- Matthias
- Marshall
- J. C. Hobbs
- John Dunning
- K. T. Keller
- Stimson
- Oppenheimer
- Enrico Fermi
- Swearingen
- Clarence Johnson
- Webster
- Feynman
- Parsons
- Niels Bohr
- Seaborg
- Adler
- Bethe
- Wigner
- Lansdale
- Hilberry
- Roosevelt
- Norris
- Rafferty
- Conant
- Gwen
- Bush
- Groff
- Szilard
- Kistiakowsky
- Wheeler
- Carpenter
- Wilson
- Anderson
- Greenewalt
- Heussner
- Watts
Setting & Locations edit
- Chicago
- Manhattan Project
- Columbia River
- New York
- Hanford
- Berkeley
- Washington
- Los Alamos
- United States
- Oak Ridge
- Princeton
- New Mexico
- America
- Tennessee Eastman
- Germany
- Kellex
- Decatur
- Wilmington
- New Jersey
- England
- California
- Albuquerque
- Detroit
- Ohio
- Jersey City
- Knoxville
- Skidmore
- West Point
- Tinian
- Pittsburgh
- Harvard
- San Francisco
- Europe
- Alamogordo
- Richland
- Japan
- Somervell
- Pasadena
- Illinois
- Hawley
- Boston
- Groves
- Stone
- Philadelphia
- Seattle
- Born
- Chambord
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Government
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › History › Military › Weapons & Warfare › Nuclear
- Books › History › Military › United States
- Books › History › World
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