The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

By Arkadii Kruglov

Book Overview

This book offers readers their first opportunity to learn about the pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry, including the role of scientific supervisors at Russia's nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated atomic industry in the former USSR. This detailed account discusses the activities of production facilities and research institutes that designed and manufactured equipment and materials. Those materials were used in various fields of atomic science and engineering, but they were used primarily to build atomic weapons. History of Soviet Atomic Industry will interest scientists and engineers in the nuclear industry as well as historians of science and the Soviet Union.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367395924
• ISBN13: 9780367395926
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"