A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 - 1945.

[Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

Published by Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office., 1945

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14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as "Smyth Report" on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127. Author was Chairman of the Department of Physics of Princeton University, Consultant to Manhattan District U.S. Corps of Engineers. The report was written at the request of Major General L.R. Groves, United States Army. It has thirteen chapters in all covering the history and progress of the development of atomic energy with particular application to the military in the early to mid 1900s. Sprache: english.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 - 1945.
• Publisher: Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Soft cover
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