Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and HistoriansThe definitive collection of writings on the Manhattan Project by the pre-eminent scientists, historians, and the everyday observers who bore witness to the birth of the modern nuclear age. Begun in 1939, the Manhattan Project eventually employed more than 130,000 people, including our foremost scientists and thinkers, and cost nearly $2 billion, while operating under a shroud of absolute secrecy. This groundbreaking collection of documents, essays, articles, and excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters, and the oral histories of key eyewitnesses provides unique perspectives for the historian and student of history all compiled by experts at the Atomic Heritage Foundation. Photographs throughout depict key moments and pivotal figures. The Manhattan Project gives actual voice to a significant period in history. |
Contents
Preserving the Manhattan Project | ix |
Richard Rhodes Author The Making of the Atomic Bomb | xiii |
Explosive Discoveries and Bureaucratic Inertia | 15 |
An Unprecedented Alliance | 67 |
An Extraordinary Pair | 107 |
Secret Cities | 153 |
Secrecy Intelligence and Counterintelligence | 229 |
The Trinity Test | 275 |
Reflections on the Bomb | 361 |
Living with the Bomb | 419 |
Chronology | 461 |
Biographies | 466 |
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Text Credits | 489 |
Dropping the Bombs | 315 |
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