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Kenneth W Ford Building The H Bomb: A Personal History (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- Building The H Bomb: A Personal History
- Title
- Building The H Bomb: A Personal History
- EAN
- 9789814618793
- ISBN
- 9789814618793
- Release Date
- 03/27/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- SG
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Building the H Bomb : a Personal History
- Publisher
- World Industries Scientific Publishing Co Pte LTD
- Genre
- Science, History
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, General, Physics / Nuclear, Physics / General
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with -- and relaxed with -- scientific giants of that time such as Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John von Neumann, and John Wheeler, and here offers illuminating insights into the personalities, the strengths, and the quirks of these men. Well known for his ability to explain physics to nonspecialists, Ford also brings to life the physics of fission and fusion and provides a brief history of nuclear science from the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 to the ten-megaton explosion of "Mike" that obliterated a Pacific Island in 1952.Ford worked at both Los Alamos and Princeton's Project Matterhorn, and brings out Matterhorn's major, but previously unheralded contribution to the development of the H bomb. Outside the lab, he drove a battered Chevrolet around New Mexico, a bantam motorcycle across the country, and a British roadster around New Jersey. Part of the charm of Ford's book is the way in which he leavens his well-researched descriptions of the scientific work with brief tales of his life away from weapons.
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Publisher
World Industries Scientific Publishing Co Pte LTD
ISBN-10
9814618799
ISBN-13
9789814618793
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208553761
Product Key Features
Book Title
Building the H Bomb : a Personal History
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, General, Physics / Nuclear, Physics / General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Science, History
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ug1282.A8f67 2015
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2014-029386
Dewey Decimal
623.4/5119
Dewey Edition
23
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