Title The Physics of the Manhattan Project Author(s) Reed, Bruce Cameron Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. Description XVII, 222 p. 70 illus : online resource Abstract Note The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, analytic and numerical models of the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design. An extensive list of references and a number of exercises for self-study are included. Links are given to several freely-available spreadsheets which users can use to run many of the calculations for themselves ISBN,Price 9783662435335 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 5. NUCLEAR ENERGY 6. NUCLEAR FUSION 7. PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07895     On Shelf