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Title: The critical mass

Journal Article · · American Scientist
OSTI ID:283217

This article discusses in detail the historical background leading to different lines of scientific thinking in the Allied and in the German scientific communities around the feasibility and development of an atomic bomb. An extensive, parallel time table is given along with discussions of the basic theories of the major players during the conception and development of a nuclear program in both arenas. 35 refs., 11 figs., 5 tabs.

OSTI ID:
283217
Journal Information:
American Scientist, Vol. 84, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: May-Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English