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New book documents motivation and development of atomic bomb

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...
insider.si.edu

Atomic energy for military purposes; the official report on the development of the atomic bomb under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945, by Henry De Wolf Smyth

"Written at the request of Maj. Gen. L. R. Groves, U.S.A." "This book is a republication, with the modifications detailed in the author's preface, of the official report issued by the Manhattan ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

1946: The Bikini Tests and Public Opinion

Editor’s note: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists presents here, from its September 1946 issue, an eyewitness account of the first atomic bomb test in the Marshall Islands. In it, the author not ...
The Oak Ridger

Kenneth D. Nichols, the Father of Oak Ridge: Tensions Rise (1948-1952)

Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols was a key figure in developing U.S. atomic policy during the early Cold War. Tensions between Nichols and AEC Chairman David Lilienthal over atomic weapons production were ...