| The Manhattan Project: A Secret Wartime Mission Contributor(s): Deitch, Kenneth M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1878668412 ISBN-13: 9781878668417 Publisher: History Compass OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 Annotation: Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary sources, describe the development of the bomb and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Selections include those from Einstein, Oppenheimer, Groves, Tibbets, William Laurence, John Hersey, and Enrico and Laura Fermi. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 623.4 |
| LCCN: 94071896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Series: Perspectives on History (Discovery) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 68 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Compelling firsthand accounts from the inventors of the first atomic bomb describe the Manhattan Project. Additional accounts from scientists, reporters, and soldiers, among other primary sources, describe the development of the bomb and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Selections include those from Einstein, Oppenheimer, Groves, Tibbets, William Laurence, John Hersey, and Enrico and Laura Fermi." |
