Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic BombNaval Institute Press, 15 févr. 2014 - 344 pages For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima. As bomb commander, he approved the release of the bomb that forever changed the world. Yet over the past fifty years only fragments of his story have appeared, in part because of his own self-effacement and the nation's demand for secrecy. Based on recently declassified Manhattan Project documents, including Parsons' logs and other untapped sources, the book offers an unvarnished account of this unsung hero and his involvement in some of the greatest scientific advances of the twentieth century. |
Table des matières
Fighting forRadar | |
Secret World of Y 10 9 Nest of Scientists ManversusFat | |
Tinian | |
Hiroshima | |
Nagasaki andPeace 17 Nuclear Dawn 18 Operation Crossroads 19 Atomic Admiral Epilogue | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb Albert B. Christman Affichage d'extraits - 1998 |
Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb Al Christman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2014 |
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