Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
by Hoddeson, Henriksen; Meade; & Westfall et al
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- ISBN 10
- 0521441323
- ISBN 13
- 9780521441322
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Cambridge/NY: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 509pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/silver; PON otherwise fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ pink w/blk.&white-pic.cover; slight rub. "This book tells the story of how the Los Alamos scientists responded to the spontaneous fission crisis they faced more than a year after the start of Project Y and how this response to the possible failure of the plutonium weapon motivated them to take a new approach to research that enabled building both of the first two atomic bombs." some illus.
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- Xochis Bookstore and Gallery (US)
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- Title
- Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943-1945
- Author
- Hoddeson, Henriksen; Meade; & Westfall et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0521441323
- ISBN 13
- 9780521441322
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge/NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Los Alamos; Nuclear; New Mexico
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stan;
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