Lanouette, Irving Lerch, Harry Lustig, Mike Magras, Jeffrey Marque, Albert
Menard, Tony Murphy, Robert S. Norris, Mike Pearson, Peter Pesic, Sean Prunty,
Klaus Rohe, Bob Sadlowe, Tom Semkow, Frank Settle, Ruth Sime, George
Smith, D. Ray Smith, Roger Stuewer, Arthur Tassel, Linda Thomas, Michael
Traynor, Mark Walker, Alex Wellerstein, Bill Wilcox, John Yates, and Pete
Zimmerman. A few of these individuals are, sadly, no longer with us. If I have
forgotten anybody, know that you are in this list in spirit. Alma College interlibrary
loan specialists Susan Cross and Angie Kelleher have never failed to dig up any
obscure document which I have requested; they are true professionals. I am particularly grateful to Steve Croft and Klaus Rohe for a number of helpful comments
and suggestions, and to John Coster-Mullen for permission to reproduce his
beautiful cross-sectional diagrams of Little Boy and Fat Man which appear in the
Preamble.
Students in my advanced-level topics class—Charles Cook, Reid Cuddy, David
Jack, and Adam Sypniewski—served as guinea pigs for much of the material in this
book, and took pleasure in pointing out a number of confusing statements, Of
course, I claim exclusive ownership of any errors that remain. I am also grateful to
Alma College for having awarded me a number of Faculty Small Grants over the
years in support of projects and presentations involved in the development of this
work. Angela Lahee and her colleagues at Springer deserve a big nod of thanks for
continuing to support this project.
Most of all I thank Laurie, who continues to bear with my Manhattan Project
obsession.
Suggestions for corrections and additional material will be gratefully received.
I can be reached at reed@alma.edu.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2020
Bruce Cameron Reed
References
Garwin, R. L., Charpak, G.: Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?
Alfred A. Knopf, New York (2001)
Glasstone, S., Dolan, P. J.: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 3rd edition. United States Department
of Defense and Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington (1977)
Gosling, F. G. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. United States Department of
Energy, Washington (1999). Freely available online at https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1330716manhattan-project-making-atomic-bomb-edition
Reed, B. C.: The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, 2nd ed. Springer, Berlin (2019)
Rhodes, R.: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon and Schuster, New York (1986)
Preface to the Fourth Edition
xi
Menard, Tony Murphy, Robert S. Norris, Mike Pearson, Peter Pesic, Sean Prunty,
Klaus Rohe, Bob Sadlowe, Tom Semkow, Frank Settle, Ruth Sime, George
Smith, D. Ray Smith, Roger Stuewer, Arthur Tassel, Linda Thomas, Michael
Traynor, Mark Walker, Alex Wellerstein, Bill Wilcox, John Yates, and Pete
Zimmerman. A few of these individuals are, sadly, no longer with us. If I have
forgotten anybody, know that you are in this list in spirit. Alma College interlibrary
loan specialists Susan Cross and Angie Kelleher have never failed to dig up any
obscure document which I have requested; they are true professionals. I am particularly grateful to Steve Croft and Klaus Rohe for a number of helpful comments
and suggestions, and to John Coster-Mullen for permission to reproduce his
beautiful cross-sectional diagrams of Little Boy and Fat Man which appear in the
Preamble.
Students in my advanced-level topics class—Charles Cook, Reid Cuddy, David
Jack, and Adam Sypniewski—served as guinea pigs for much of the material in this
book, and took pleasure in pointing out a number of confusing statements, Of
course, I claim exclusive ownership of any errors that remain. I am also grateful to
Alma College for having awarded me a number of Faculty Small Grants over the
years in support of projects and presentations involved in the development of this
work. Angela Lahee and her colleagues at Springer deserve a big nod of thanks for
continuing to support this project.
Most of all I thank Laurie, who continues to bear with my Manhattan Project
obsession.
Suggestions for corrections and additional material will be gratefully received.
I can be reached at reed@alma.edu.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2020
Bruce Cameron Reed
References
Garwin, R. L., Charpak, G.: Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?
Alfred A. Knopf, New York (2001)
Glasstone, S., Dolan, P. J.: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 3rd edition. United States Department
of Defense and Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington (1977)
Gosling, F. G. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. United States Department of
Energy, Washington (1999). Freely available online at https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1330716manhattan-project-making-atomic-bomb-edition
Reed, B. C.: The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, 2nd ed. Springer, Berlin (2019)
Rhodes, R.: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon and Schuster, New York (1986)
Preface to the Fourth Edition
xi