The Manhattan Project: Making the atomic bomb
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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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
MANHATTAN PROJECT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
FABRICATION
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL
DECISION MAKING
ORGDP
Y-12 PLANT
HANFORD RESERVATION
ORNL
REPROCESSING
MILITARY STRATEGY
PLANNING
450200
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES
MANHATTAN PROJECT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
FABRICATION
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL
DECISION MAKING
ORGDP
Y-12 PLANT
HANFORD RESERVATION
ORNL
REPROCESSING
MILITARY STRATEGY
PLANNING
450200
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES