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Book SynopsisEstablished at Los Alamos and several other sites, the Manhattan Project brought together American, British, Canadian, and refugee European scientists to design and build the bombs that ultimately destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This book considers the dramatic role the military and industry played in shaping the Manhattan Project.
Trade ReviewHughes develops his thesis in interesting fashion. His essay is free of technical jargon but will be most accessible to readers familiar with the bomb's history and with huge, expansive installations such as CERN or Fermilab. Booklist Pacy and concise. The Times (London) Engrossing and information-packed. -- Marjorie C. Malley ISIS
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Big Science and the Bomb Long Before the Bomb: The Origins of Big Science Science, the Military and Industry: The Great War and After From Fission to Mission: The Origins of the Manhattan Project Los Alamos: Little Science on a Big Scale? Thin Man Becomes Fat Man: The Plutonium Implosion Programme From Trinity to Victory: Making and Using the First Nuclear Weapons After the Bomb: Big Science and National Security From Big Science to Megascience: The Age of the Accelerators The Invention of 'Big Science': Large-Scale Science as Pathological Science Death in Texas: The End of Megascience? Conclusions: The Myths of Big Science Further Reading
