The Manhattan Project; The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians

Cynthia C. Kelly (ed)

ISBN 10: 1579127479 / ISBN 13: 9781579127473

Published by Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 2007

About this Item

Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 495 pp (w/ bibliography & index). A collection of the writings and thoughts of the original participants in the Manhattan Project, a small research program that began in 1939 and resulting in the creation and perfection of the most powerful weapon the world has ever known. With a rich and comprehensive compilation of documents, essays, articles, and oral history.

Seller Inventory # E32573

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Manhattan Project; The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579127479
• ISBN 13: 9781579127473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War II

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Synopsis

The Manhattan Project (1942-1946) resulted in the development and detonation of the first nuclear weapons - and irrevocably changed the course of world events. Born out of a small research programme that began in 1939, the project would eventually employ more than 130,000 people and cost a total of nearly $2 billion - and it was operated under a shroud of deep secrecy. This authoritative book provides a complete and vivid history of the project and its legacy, from the widest array of perspectives and primary sources: secret documents, essays, articles, excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters and oral histories.

About the Author

Cynthia C. Kelly is the president of the Atomic Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the editor of several books on the subject including Remembering the Manhattan Project.

Richard Rhodes is the author of twenty-six books, including The Making of the Atomic Bomb, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award.