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The Prometheus bomb : the Manhattan Project and government in the dark / Neil J. Sullivan.
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Sullivan, Neil J., 1948-
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English
Published/Created
Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Description
xiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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QC773.3.U5 S86 2016
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Subject(s)
Atomic bomb
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United States
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History
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Atomic bomb
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Government policy
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United States
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History
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Science and state
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United States
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United States
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Military policy
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Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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History
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History
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Summary note
"The exploration of how key government officials were unaware of the implications of developing the first atomic bomb during World War II, leaving the lives of millions of Americans in the hands of a few brilliant scientists"-- Provided by publisher.
"During World War II, the lives of millions of Americans lay precariously in the hands of a few brilliant scientists who raced to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. Elected officials gave the scientists free rein in the Manhattan Project without understanding the complexities and dangers involved in splitting the atom. The Manhattan Project was the first example of a new type of choice for congressmen, presidents, and other government officials: life and death on a national scale. From that moment, our government began fashioning public policy for issues of scientific development, discoveries, and inventions that could secure or threaten our existence and our future. But those same men and women had no training in such fields, did not understand the ramifications of the research, and relied on incomplete information to form potentially life-changing decisions. Through the story of the Manhattan Project, Neil J. Sullivan asks by what criteria the people in charge at the time made such critical decisions. He also ponders how similar judgments are reached today with similar incomprehension from those at the top as our society dives down the potential rabbit hole of bioengineering, nanotechnology, and scientific developments yet to come"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.
Contents
A squash court in Chicago
FDR and the Einstein letter
A bungled start
The president's man and the liberal state
MAUD: working with the British
The German bomb
Secrets and spies
Congress rebounds
The transition to Truman
Hiroshima
Science and democracy.
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ISBN
9781612348155 ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
1612348157 ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2016020649
OCLC
946906418
Other standard number
40026550435
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