The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. 1999 edition.

Technical Report · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/303853· OSTI ID:303853

Gosling, F G

``The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb`` 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 the United States 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 Office of Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 303853
• Report Number(s): DOE/MA--0001-01/99; ON: TI99001330; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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