LEADER 02641cam a2200445Ki 4500001 99118734083506421 005 20210910100920.0 006 m o d 007 cr mn |||||a|a 008 200307s2020 cau o 000 0 eng d 020 0520374339 |q(electronic book) 020 9780520374331 |q(electronic book) 035 |9(JSTORDDA)1138682309 035 (OCoLC)1138682309 035 (NjP)11873408-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11873408 037 22573/ctvw6r5f3 |bJSTOR 040 EBLCP |beng |erda |epn |cEBLCP |dJSTOR |dN$T |dYDXIT |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO 043 n-us--- 050 4 QC773.A1 |bS47 2020 082 04 623.4/5119 |223 090 Electronic Resource 100 1 Serber, R. |q(Robert), |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86001840 245 14 The Los Alamos Primer : |bthe First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb / |cRobert Serber ; annotated by Robert Serber, updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes. 264 1 Oakland : |bUniversity of California Press, |c[2020] 300 1 online resource (164 pages) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 520 More than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at Los Alamos who developed the bombs, which were nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man, were introduced to the basic principles and goals of the project in March 1943, at a crash course in new weapons technology. The lecturer was physicist Robert Serber, J. Robert Oppenheimer's protégé, and the scientists learned that their job was to design and build the world's first atomic bombs. Notes on Serber's lect. 588 0 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2020). 588 0 Print version record. 599 Princeton permanent acquistion. 610 20 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |xHistory. 610 20 Manhattan Project (U.S.) |xHistory. 650 0 Atomic bomb |zUnited States |xHistory. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101563 650 0 Physicists |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101652 776 08 |iPrint version:Serber, Robert. |tAlamos Primer : The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes. |dBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2020 |z9780520344174 910 JSTOR DDA purchased