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Title: The Manhattan Project: Making the atomic bomb

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10186004· OSTI ID:10186004

This article is a short history of the origins and development of the American atomic bomb program during World War II. Beginning with the scientific developments of the pre-war years, the monograph details the role of US government in conducting a secret, nationwide enterprise that took science from the laboratory and into combat with an entirely new type of weapon. The monograph 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.

Research Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
10186004
Report Number(s):
DOE/HR-0096; ON: TI95000779; NC: NONE; TRN: AHC29426%%64
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994; Related Information: United States Department of Energy: Energy history series
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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