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6 Appendices
6.10 Appendix J: Further Reading
An online search keyed on the phrase “Manhattan Project” will typically return
millions of hits. While many of the sources that turn up are interesting and wellresearched, it can be difficult to sort through such a deluge of material for credible,
objective information on the history, science, and personalities associated with the
Project, particularly for readers new to the topic. This Appendix offers a very selective
annotated bibliography of Manhattan Project books, articles, journal papers, and
websites. Some of the references listed here appear in various chapters in this book
but are copied here for sake of completeness. More complete annotated bibliographies
can be found in three Resource Letters published by the author in American Journal of
Physics, 73(9), 805-811 (2005); 79(2), 151-163 (2011); and 84(10) 734-745 (2016).
The most important source of primary information on the Manhattan Project is
the Manhattan District History (MDH). This extensive (almost 14,000 pages) multivolume document was previously available only on microfilm, but is now available
online at https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan_district.jsp. This document was
prepared as an official history of the Project after the war by Gavin Hadden, an aide
to General Leslie Groves, the Commanding General of the Project. The online version
of the MDH also includes previously-redacted material on the highly-classified K-25
gaseous diffusion plant (Sect. 3.5).
The sources cited below are divided into four categories: general works, biographical and autobiographical works, technical works, and websites. Web addresses
appear in italics to discriminate them from surrounding text.
6.10.1 General Works
Coster-Mullen, J.: Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and
Fat Man (2016). This remarkable self-published work contains a trove of drawings,
photographs, reproductions of documents, mission logs, reports, details of Little
Boy and Fat Man, and details of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions.
Constantly being updated; available from online booksellers.
Fermi, R., Samra, E.: Picturing the Bomb: Photographs from the Secret World of
the Manhattan Project. Harry N. Abrams, New York (1995). Beautifully reproduced
and instructively captioned photographs of sites and artifacts associated with the MP.
The first author is Enrico Fermi’s granddaughter.
Gibson, T.M., Michnovicz, J.: Los Alamos 1944–1947 (Arcadia, Charleston, SC,
2005). In October, 1944, Private John Michnovicz arrived as Los Alamos to serve as a
photographer. Over the following three years he took thousands of photos of residents,
famous and anonymous alike, at work and play. This book, part of the Images of
America series (see Westcott below), was prepared by Michnovicz’s daughter and
son and reproduces several dozen shots of scenery, social and recreational events,
pets, and formal portraits of laboratory staff, all informatively captioned.
6 Appendices
6.10 Appendix J: Further Reading
An online search keyed on the phrase “Manhattan Project” will typically return
millions of hits. While many of the sources that turn up are interesting and wellresearched, it can be difficult to sort through such a deluge of material for credible,
objective information on the history, science, and personalities associated with the
Project, particularly for readers new to the topic. This Appendix offers a very selective
annotated bibliography of Manhattan Project books, articles, journal papers, and
websites. Some of the references listed here appear in various chapters in this book
but are copied here for sake of completeness. More complete annotated bibliographies
can be found in three Resource Letters published by the author in American Journal of
Physics, 73(9), 805-811 (2005); 79(2), 151-163 (2011); and 84(10) 734-745 (2016).
The most important source of primary information on the Manhattan Project is
the Manhattan District History (MDH). This extensive (almost 14,000 pages) multivolume document was previously available only on microfilm, but is now available
online at https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan_district.jsp. This document was
prepared as an official history of the Project after the war by Gavin Hadden, an aide
to General Leslie Groves, the Commanding General of the Project. The online version
of the MDH also includes previously-redacted material on the highly-classified K-25
gaseous diffusion plant (Sect. 3.5).
The sources cited below are divided into four categories: general works, biographical and autobiographical works, technical works, and websites. Web addresses
appear in italics to discriminate them from surrounding text.
6.10.1 General Works
Coster-Mullen, J.: Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and
Fat Man (2016). This remarkable self-published work contains a trove of drawings,
photographs, reproductions of documents, mission logs, reports, details of Little
Boy and Fat Man, and details of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions.
Constantly being updated; available from online booksellers.
Fermi, R., Samra, E.: Picturing the Bomb: Photographs from the Secret World of
the Manhattan Project. Harry N. Abrams, New York (1995). Beautifully reproduced
and instructively captioned photographs of sites and artifacts associated with the MP.
The first author is Enrico Fermi’s granddaughter.
Gibson, T.M., Michnovicz, J.: Los Alamos 1944–1947 (Arcadia, Charleston, SC,
2005). In October, 1944, Private John Michnovicz arrived as Los Alamos to serve as a
photographer. Over the following three years he took thousands of photos of residents,
famous and anonymous alike, at work and play. This book, part of the Images of
America series (see Westcott below), was prepared by Michnovicz’s daughter and
son and reproduces several dozen shots of scenery, social and recreational events,
pets, and formal portraits of laboratory staff, all informatively captioned.