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Languages : en
Pages : 818
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The New world
The Manhattan Project
Author: Francis George GoslingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788178806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
A history of the origins and development of the American atomic bomb program during WWII. Begins with the scientific developments of the pre-war years. Details the role of the U.S. government in conducting a secret, nationwide enterprise that took science from the laboratory and into combat with an entirely new type of weapon. Concludes with a discussion of the immediate postwar period, the debate over the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and the founding of the Atomic Energy Commission. Chapters: the Einstein letter; physics background, 1919-1939; early government support; the atomic bomb and American strategy; and the Manhattan district in peacetime. Illustrated.
Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961
Author: Richard Greening HewlettPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520060180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Explorers of the New World, Grades 4 - 7
Author: Walter A. HazenPublisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580379354
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Explorers of the New World! This 64-page book focuses on the journey that led to the beginning of American history. The book covers explorers such as Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortés, Ferdinand Magellan, Jacques Cartier, and Hernando de Soto. It includes reproducible activities, questions, biographies, discussions, time lines, biographical sketches, puzzles, and a complete answer key.
The American Atom
Author: Philip L. CantelonPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812213546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
For this edition (first in 1984), the editors have updated the collection of primary documents which tell the story of atomic energy in the US from the discovery of fission through the development of nuclear weapons, international proliferation, and attempts at control. The book also includes a new chapter, reflects on Chernoyl, Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Understanding the Atom
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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A Bibliography of Basic Books on Atomic Energy
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Science, Politics, And Controversy
Author: Stephen L Del SestoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000310868
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book traces the evolution of civilian nuclear power in the United States between 1946 and 1974, describing and analyzing the commercialization of nuclear energy and surveying pivotal events in the dissension that has recently accompanied its large-scale application. Professor Del Sesto views these events in terms of three themes: federal regulation of advanced technology, the gradual entrance of more diverse interest groups into the political arena, and the problems created by the conflicting claims of experts. He concludes that the lessons of the nuclear debate are most important for their implications for the expanding use of scientific and theoretical knowledge in democratic social orders. More broadly, he writes of the confrontation between knowledge and power that lies at the heart of the growing number of technological controversies that mark late twentieth century industrialized societies throughout the world.
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
Author: Gar AlperovitzPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307773124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
With a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic EnergyPublisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
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