Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community

by Jon Hunner

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A social history of New Mexico's "Atomic City"

Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the community that revolutionized modern weaponry and science. An "instant city," created in 1943, Los Alamos quickly grew to accommodate six thousand people--scientists and experts who came to work in the top-secret laboratories, others drawn by jobs in support industries, and the families. How these people, as a community, faced both...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806138912

ISBN13:9780806138916

Release Date:July 2007

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

19th Century 20th Century Engineering Historical Study & Educational Resources History History & Philosophy Military Science Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nuclear Science & Math

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