The first atomic bomb : the Trinity site in New Mexico /

"On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States unleashed the world's first atomic bomb at the Trinity testing site located in the remote Tularosa Valley in south-cent...

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Autor principal: Brodie, Janet Farrell (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Colección:America's public lands.
Acceso en línea:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3599002
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Trinity Test
  • Dispossessions
  • Building the Test Site
  • Post-Test Events at the Trinity Site, 1946-67
  • The Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Trinity Site
  • The Trinity Radiation and Its Afterlives
  • Historical Preservation of the Trinity Site