Atomic Energy for Military Purposes / Henry D. Smyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smyth, Henry D., Author.

Series:

Stanford Nuclear Age Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD TO THE 1989 EDITION

FOREWORD TO THE 1945 EDITION

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY UP TO DECEMBER 1941

CHAPTER IV. PROGRESS UP TO DECEMBER 1941

CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 1942-1945

CHAPTER VI. THE METALLURGICAL PROJECT AT CHICAGO IN 1942

CHAPTER VII. THE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION PROBLEM AS OF FEBRUARY 1943

CHAPTER VIII. THE PLUTONIUM PROBLEM JANUARY 1943 TO JUNE 1945

CHAPTER IX. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SEPARATION OF ISOTOPES

CHAPTER X. THE SEPARATION OF THE URANIUM ISOTOPES BY GASEOUS DIFFUSION

CHAPTER XI. ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATION OF URANIUM ISOTOPES

CHAPTER XII. THE WORK ON THE ATOMIC BOMB

CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL SUMMARY

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX 1. METHODS OF OBSERVING FAST PARTICLES FROM NUCLEAR REACTIONS

APPENDIX 2. THE UNITS OF MASS, CHARGE AND ENERGY

APPENDIX 3. DELAYED NEUTRONS FROM URANIUM FISSION

APPENDIX 4. THE FIRST SELF-SUSTAINING CHAIN REACTING PILE

APPENDIX 5. SAMPLE LIST OF REPORTS

APPENDIX 6. WAR DEPARTMENT RELEASE ON NEW MEXICO TEST, JULY 16, 1945

APPENDIX 7. BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE STATEMENT, "BRITAIN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB," AUGUST 72, 7945

APPENDIX 8. CANADIAN INFORMATION SERVICE STATEMENT AUGUST 13, 1945

APPENDIX 9. THE "SMYTH REPORT"

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2172-3

OCLC:

1322124550