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Critical Assembly
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Author(s):
Lillian Hoddeson
,
Paul W. Henriksen
,
Roger A. Meade
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Catherine L. Westfall
,
Gordon Baym
,
Richard Hewlett
,
Alison Kerr
,
Robert Penneman
,
Leslie Redman
,
Robert Seidel
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March 31 2010
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Cambridge University Press
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9780521441322
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9780521541176
ISBN (Electronic):
9780511665400
Publication date (Online):
March 31 2010
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May 28 1993
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511665400
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Book chapters
pp. ix
Preface
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 12
Early Research on Fission: 1933–1943
pp. 24
The Early Materials Program: 1933–1943
pp. 40
Setting Up Project Y: June 1942 to March 1943
pp. 67
Research in the First Months of Project Y: April to September 1943
pp. 91
Creating a Wartime Community: September 1943 to August 1944
pp. 111
The Gun Weapon: September 1943 to August 1944
pp. 129
The Implosion Program Accelerates: September 1943 to July 1944
pp. 163
New Hopes for the Implosion Weapon: September 1943 to July 1944
pp. 178
The Nuclear Properties of a Fission Weapon: September 1943 to July 1944
pp. 205
Uranium and Plutonium: Early 1943 to August 1944
pp. 228
The Discovery of Spontaneous Fission in Plutonium and the Reorganization of Los Alamos
pp. 249
Building the Uranium Bomb: August 1944 to July 1945
pp. 267
Exploring the Plutonium Implosion Weapon: August 1944 to February 1945
pp. 293
Finding the Implosion Design: August 1944 to February 1945
pp. 315
Building the Implosion Gadget: March 1945 to July 1945
pp. 335
Critical Assemblies and Nuclear Physics: August 1944 to July 1945
pp. 350
The Test at Trinity: January 1944 to July 1945
pp. 378
Delivery: June 1943 to August 1945
pp. 398
Epilogue
pp. 403
The Legacy of Los Alamos
pp. 418
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