Their Day in the Sun

Klappentext
Using interviews, written records, and photographs of the women involved in the Manhattan Project, their untold story is presented.

Zusammenfassung
The public perception of the making of the atomic bomb is an image of the efforts of a few brilliant male scientists. However, the Manhattan Project also included women in every capacity. This title presents the story through interviews, written records, and photographs of the women who were physicists, chemists, mathematicians, and technicians.

Inhalt
Foreword Prologue 1. The Great Scientific Adventure 2. The Founding Mothers: Pioneers in Nuclear Science 3. The Physicists 4. The Chemists 5. Mathematicians and Calculators 6. Biologists and Medical Scientists 7. The Technicians 8. Other Women of the Manhattan Project 9. After the War Epilogue Appendix A: Female Scientific and Technical workers in the Manhattan Project Appendix B: Chronology References Index Photographs

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