Title The Physics of the Manhattan Project Author(s) Reed, Bruce Cameron Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. Description XXIII, 256 p. 88 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 4th 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. Revisions to this fourth edition include many upgrades and new sections. Improvements are made to, among other things, the analysis of the physics of the fission barrier, the time-dependent simulation of the explosion of a nuclear weapon, and the discussion of tamped bomb cores. New sections cover, for example, composite bomb cores, approximate methods for various of the calculations presented, and the physics of the polonium-beryllium "neutron initiators" used to trigger the bombs. The author delivers in this book an unparalleled, clear and comprehensive treatment of the physics behind the Manhattan project ISBN,Price 9783030613730 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. History of Physics and Astronomy 4. History of World War II and the Holocaust 5. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 6. NUCLEAR ENERGY 7. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING 8. NUCLEAR FUSION 9. Physics???History 10. World War, 1939-1945 Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I11704     On Shelf