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Author:

Waldof, Teresa Wilhelm.

Title:

Wilhelm's way : the inspiring story of the Iowa chemist who saved the Manhattan Project / Teresa Wilhelm Waldof.

Publisher:

Third Generation Publishing

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xvi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Wilhelm, Harley.
Chemists--United States--Biography.
Atomic bomb--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part 1: no pure uranium, no atomic bomb -- Part 2: from whence he came -- Part 3: metals man for the ages.

Summary:

In February 1942, leaders of the Manhattan Project had a problem: to prove a controlled nuclear chain reaction was possible, they needed pure uranium—tons of it and in less than ten months. With only a few grams in existence, there was little hope anyone could achieve such a feat. Harley Wilhelm, a chemistry professor at Iowa State College, rose to the challenge. A sharecropper’s son and former college basketball coach, Wilhelm was an unlikely character to impact the course of world history. Nevertheless, he and his small, dedicated team of scientists and technicians surpassed anyone’s wildest expectations. Wilhelm’s Way reveals the life and times of this unsung hero who helped America win the race to build the atomic bomb and end World War II.

ISBN:

9798985439601

LCCN:

2021925742

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