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The Physics of the Manhattan Project
Bruce Cameron Reed
It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, analytic and numerical models of the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design.
239 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 1, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9783662435328 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gm |
| Pages | 222 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 241 × 16 mm · 517 g |
| Language | English |
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