Alsos

Samuel A. Goudsmit

Springer Science & Business Media, 7 мар. 1996 г. - Всего страниц: 259

Second reprint of this great story of scientific espionage (original, 1947, reprinted 1983). Goudsmit ran the Alsos Mission following Allied troops into liberated areas of Europe to glean (with glee) evidence of Nazi atom bomb accomplishments. Light science, heavier discussion of Germany's decline

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First hand account of the hunt for German scientific knowledge as the European front moved into Germany. Fantastic, quick read.

Содержание

• The Fear of a German Atom Bomb: 3
• We Prepare to Investigate German Science: 14
• The Need for Secrecy: 26
• Operation Cellastic: 34
• Operation Toothpaste: 50
• Operation Jackpot: 66
• We Meet Some German Colleagues: 77
• The Breakthrough: 87
• Operation Humbug: 101
• Hiroshima and the German Scientists: 128
• The Misorganization of German Science: 140
• The Uranium Club: 160
• The Gestapo in Science: 187
• The Efficiency of German Industry: 214
• It Cant Happen Here: 232
• An Outline of the Uranium Problem: 247
• Index: 255

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Библиографические данные

• Название: Alsos; History of modern physics and astronomy (Том 1)
• Автор: Samuel A. Goudsmit
• Издание: иллюстрированное, перепечатанное
• Издатель: Springer Science & Business Media, 1996
• ISBN: 1563964155, 9781563964152
• Количество страниц: Всего страниц: 259