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for its description of Soviet espionage in the United States during the Manhattan
Project and afterward.
Russ, H.W.: Project Alberta: The Preparation of Atomic Bombs for use in World
War II. Exceptional Books, Los Alamos (1990). Project Alberta was that part of the
Manhattan Project responsible for assembly and delivery of the working weapons.
Harlow Russ was an engineer at Los Alamos who was involved with the design of the
Fat Man implosion mechanism and who shipped out to Tinian Island in June, 1945.
This well-illustrated volume gives a first-person account of the final preparations of
the weapons.
Smyth, H.D.: Atomic Energy for Military Purposes: The Official Report on the
Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940–1945. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1948). This work was
the first official report on the Manhattan Project. The edition cited here includes
various appendices not included in the original 1945 edition. Various editions are
readily available online.
Stoff, M.B., Fanton, J.F., Williams, R.H.: The Manhattan Project: A Documentary
Introduction to the Atomic Age. McGraw Hill, New York (1991). This book includes
reproductions of a number of official documents and memoranda concerning the
Project. It is now somewhat dated because so much material is available online, but
it is still worth perusing.
Stuewer, R.: The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and
Second World Wars. Oxford University Press, Oxford, (2018). A detailed history of
the remarkable experimental, theoretical, and instrumental developments in nuclear
physics between the World Wars. Also contains capsule biographies of many of the
leading personalities, covering both their scientific accomplishments and personal
lives. Extensive bibliography and references; well-illustrated.
Toomey, E.: Images of America: The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site. Arcadia,
Charleston, SC (2015). This book is another volume in the Images of America series,
featuring photos of life and work at Hanford which document the scale of construction
and operations and aspects of day-to-day life in trying conditions. Many of the photos
were taken by Robley Johnson, who supervised DuPont’s photography crew at the
site.
United States Department of Energy: The First Reactor (1982). This publication
presents a brief, well-illustrated account of Enrico Fermi’s CP-1 reactor. Available
online at http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/documents/fullText/ACC0044.pdf.
Westcott, E.: Images of America: Oak Ridge. (Arcadia, Charleston, SC, 2005).
Ed Westcott was an official Manhattan Project photographer who enjoyed complete
access to all aspects of life and work at Oak Ridge. This book of his photographs
illustrates not only the frantic pace of construction and work at the Clinton Engineer
Works, but also scenes of family life, day-to-day activities, and recreation in what
became a city of 75,000 people by the end of the war. A website with Westcott’s
photos can be found at photosofedwestcott.tumblr.com
Williams, H.: Made in Hanford: The Bomb that Changed the World. Washington
State University Press, Pullman, WA (2011). This book describes how the area around
6 Appendices
for its description of Soviet espionage in the United States during the Manhattan
Project and afterward.
Russ, H.W.: Project Alberta: The Preparation of Atomic Bombs for use in World
War II. Exceptional Books, Los Alamos (1990). Project Alberta was that part of the
Manhattan Project responsible for assembly and delivery of the working weapons.
Harlow Russ was an engineer at Los Alamos who was involved with the design of the
Fat Man implosion mechanism and who shipped out to Tinian Island in June, 1945.
This well-illustrated volume gives a first-person account of the final preparations of
the weapons.
Smyth, H.D.: Atomic Energy for Military Purposes: The Official Report on the
Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940–1945. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1948). This work was
the first official report on the Manhattan Project. The edition cited here includes
various appendices not included in the original 1945 edition. Various editions are
readily available online.
Stoff, M.B., Fanton, J.F., Williams, R.H.: The Manhattan Project: A Documentary
Introduction to the Atomic Age. McGraw Hill, New York (1991). This book includes
reproductions of a number of official documents and memoranda concerning the
Project. It is now somewhat dated because so much material is available online, but
it is still worth perusing.
Stuewer, R.: The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and
Second World Wars. Oxford University Press, Oxford, (2018). A detailed history of
the remarkable experimental, theoretical, and instrumental developments in nuclear
physics between the World Wars. Also contains capsule biographies of many of the
leading personalities, covering both their scientific accomplishments and personal
lives. Extensive bibliography and references; well-illustrated.
Toomey, E.: Images of America: The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site. Arcadia,
Charleston, SC (2015). This book is another volume in the Images of America series,
featuring photos of life and work at Hanford which document the scale of construction
and operations and aspects of day-to-day life in trying conditions. Many of the photos
were taken by Robley Johnson, who supervised DuPont’s photography crew at the
site.
United States Department of Energy: The First Reactor (1982). This publication
presents a brief, well-illustrated account of Enrico Fermi’s CP-1 reactor. Available
online at http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/documents/fullText/ACC0044.pdf.
Westcott, E.: Images of America: Oak Ridge. (Arcadia, Charleston, SC, 2005).
Ed Westcott was an official Manhattan Project photographer who enjoyed complete
access to all aspects of life and work at Oak Ridge. This book of his photographs
illustrates not only the frantic pace of construction and work at the Clinton Engineer
Works, but also scenes of family life, day-to-day activities, and recreation in what
became a city of 75,000 people by the end of the war. A website with Westcott’s
photos can be found at photosofedwestcott.tumblr.com
Williams, H.: Made in Hanford: The Bomb that Changed the World. Washington
State University Press, Pullman, WA (2011). This book describes how the area around