Made in Hanford : the bomb that changed the world / Hill Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Hill, 1926- author.

Contributor:

Washington State University Press., Publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--United States--History--20th century.

Atomic bomb.

Plutonium industry--Washington (State)--Hanford--History--20th century.

Plutonium industry.

Atomic bomb--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.

Hanford (Wash.)--History--20th century.

Hanford (Wash.).

Pasco (Wash.)--Biography.

Pasco (Wash.).

Pasco (Wash.)--History--20th century.

Hanford Engineer Works--History.

Hanford Engineer Works.

Williams, Hill, 1926-.

Williams, Hill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 190 s.) : il. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2011]

Summary:

At an isolated location along the Columbia River in 1944, the world's first plutonium factory became operational, producing fuel for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II. Former Seattle Times science writer Hill Williams traces the amazing, tragic story--from the dawn of nuclear science to Cold War testing in the Marshall Islands.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781636820552

1636820557

9780874223071

0874223075

OCLC:

1273306192