Unlike earlier histories of Los Alamos, this book treats in detail the research and development that led to the implosion and gun weapons; the research in nuclear physics, chemistry, and metallurgy that enabled clear bomb, the 'Super.'
Unlike earlier histories of Los Alamos, this book treats in detail the research and development that led to the implosion and gun weapons; the research in nuclear physics, chemistry, and metallurgy that enabled clear bomb, the 'Super.'
1. Introduction 2. Early research on fission, and overview: 1933-43 3. The early materials program: 1933-43 4. Setting up project Y: June 1942 to March 1943 5. Research in the first months of project Y: April to September 1943 6. Creating a wartime community: September 1943 to August 1944 7. The gun weapon: September 1943 to August 1944 8. The implosion program accelerates: September 1943 to July 1944 9. New hopes for the implosion weapon: September 1943 to July 1944 10. The nuclear properties of a fission weapon: September 1943 to July 1944 11. Uranium and plutonium: early 1943 to August 1944 12. The discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium and the reorganisation of Los Alamos 13. Building the uranium bomb: August 1944 to July 1945 14. Exploring the plutonium implosion weapon: August 1944 to February 1945 15. Finding the implosion design: August 1944 to February 1945 16. Building the implosion gadget: March 1945 to July 1945 17. Critical assemblies and nuclear physics: August 1944 to July 1945 18. The test at Trinity: January 1944 to July 1945 19. Delivery: June 1943 to August 1945 20. The legacy of Los Alamos.
1. Introduction 2. Early research on fission, and overview: 1933-43 3. The early materials program: 1933-43 4. Setting up project Y: June 1942 to March 1943 5. Research in the first months of project Y: April to September 1943 6. Creating a wartime community: September 1943 to August 1944 7. The gun weapon: September 1943 to August 1944 8. The implosion program accelerates: September 1943 to July 1944 9. New hopes for the implosion weapon: September 1943 to July 1944 10. The nuclear properties of a fission weapon: September 1943 to July 1944 11. Uranium and plutonium: early 1943 to August 1944 12. The discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium and the reorganisation of Los Alamos 13. Building the uranium bomb: August 1944 to July 1945 14. Exploring the plutonium implosion weapon: August 1944 to February 1945 15. Finding the implosion design: August 1944 to February 1945 16. Building the implosion gadget: March 1945 to July 1945 17. Critical assemblies and nuclear physics: August 1944 to July 1945 18. The test at Trinity: January 1944 to July 1945 19. Delivery: June 1943 to August 1945 20. The legacy of Los Alamos.
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