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Achieving the Rare
I-Juliana Christy
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Description for Achieving the Rare
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
Robert F Christy was a legendary physicist, one of the key players in some of the most dramatic events of the 20th century. He was a student of Oppenheimer, who called him “one of the best in the world.” He was a crucial member of Fermi's team when they first unleashed the unheard-of energies of nuclear power, creating the world's first nuclear reactor on December 2, 1942. On the Manhattan Project he was the key physicist in the successful test of the world's first atomic bomb, the “Christy Gadget”, at Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. Almost immediately he turned ... Read more
Robert F Christy was a legendary physicist, one of the key players in some of the most dramatic events of the 20th century. He was a student of Oppenheimer, who called him “one of the best in the world.” He was a crucial member of Fermi's team when they first unleashed the unheard-of energies of nuclear power, creating the world's first nuclear reactor on December 2, 1942. On the Manhattan Project he was the key physicist in the successful test of the world's first atomic bomb, the “Christy Gadget”, at Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. Almost immediately he turned ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789814460248
SKU
V9789814460248
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