The road to Trinity
By: K.D. Nichols.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Nichols, Kenneth D. 1907-; Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History; Atomic bomb -- United States -- History; Physicists -- United States -- Biography
Notes: Bibliography: p. 385-387.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Early experiences -- The curtain rises, 1942 -- Struggle for priority, 1942 -- Takeoff and landing in the new world, 1942 -- Organizing for construction, 1943 -- Getting along with Groves -- New responsibilities, 1943 -- Construction : the specter of delay, 1943—45 -- People, places, and things -- Road to Trinity, 1944-45 -- Three weeks one summer, 1945 -- Transition : war to peace, 1945—46 -- Interlude, 1947 -- The era of atomic scarcity, 1948—53 -- Washington merry-go-round, 1953—55 -- Monitoring the fate of nuclear power, 1955—86.