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The Manhattan Project: Making the atomic bomb

Year: 1994

Type: report

Abstract: 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.

DOI: 10.2172/10186004

Authors: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States), F Gosling, USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Twentieth Century Scientific Developments

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1527911618

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