The Manhattan Project: Making the atomic bomb

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

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

Gosling, F G

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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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