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Nobel Laureates of Los Alamos : The Manhattan Project Era.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Laboratory, Los Alamos National.
Contributor:
Nadwī, Riḍwān ʻAlī.
Steeves, Brye Ann.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (168 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2023.
Summary:
Established as a top-secret site for development of the atomic bomb as part of World War II's Manhattan Project, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has, from its very beginnings, hosted some of the world's most brilliant scientists.
Contents:
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
At a Glance
Luis Alvarez
Hans Bethe
Felix Bloch
Who Was Nobel?
Aage Bohr
Niels Bohr
Sir James Chadwick
Top-Secret Work
Owen Chamberlain
Enrico Fermi
Richard Feynman
Timeline
Val Fitch
Roy Glauber
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Why Not Oppie?
Edwin McMillan
Isidor Rabi
Norman Ramsey
Who Said That?
Frederick Reines
Sir Joseph Rotblat
Emilio Segrè
Works Cited
Contributors
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-64843-164-X
OCLC:
1534117852

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