Made in Hanford: The Bomb That Changed the World

by Hill Williams

Book Overview

On the eve of World War II, news of an astonishing breakthrough filtered out of Germany. Scientists there had split uranium atoms. Researchers in the United States scrambled to verify results and further investigate this new science. Ominously, they soon recognized its potential to fuel the ultimate weapon--one able to release the energy of an uncontrolled chain reaction. By 1941, experiments led to the identification of plutonium, but laboratory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223075
• ISBN13: 9780874223071
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"