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01944nam a22003858a 4500 001 02ED2E342B0211DE8159B907A8D7520A 005 20230630011643 008 020712s2003 cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2002027880 020 $a 9780737714128 (lib. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0737714123 (lib. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780737714135 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0737714131 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)50272995 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d SILO 050 00 $a QC773.3.U5 $b M23 2003 082 00 $a 355.8/25119/0973 $2 21 245 0 $a Making and using the atomic bomb / $c Mark McKain, book editor. 260 $a San Diego, Calif. : $b Greenhaven Press, $c 2003. 300 $a 240 p. ; $c 22 cm. 440 0 $a History firsthand 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Energy from nuclei -- Publishing the secret of fission -- Warning of the dangers of nuclear technology -- The MAUD report -- The first chain reaction -- Manufacturing plutonium and uranium-235 -- The work at Los Alamos and Alamogordo -- The Trinity test -- The conscience of a physicist -- Scientists caution against using the bomb -- The decision to use the atomic bomb -- Choosing a target -- Dropping the atom bomb -- A president's responsibility -- Surviving the Hiroshima blast -- Surveying the damage to Nagasaki and Hiroshima -- Proposing an Atomic Energy Agency -- The need for a national nuclear energy program. 610 20 $a Manhattan Project (U.S.) 650 0 $a Atomic bomb $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 700 1 $a McKain, Mark. 939 $a 4685001 941 $a 5 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430013004.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706015141.0 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011720.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02ED2E342B0211DE8159B907A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JID 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search