Atomic energy for military purposes : the official report on the development of the atomic bomb under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945
Henry De Wolf Smyth (Author)
Print Book, English, 1945
Princeton University Press, Princeton [New Jersey], 1945
Books
ix, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
770285
Introduction
Statement of the problem
Administrative history up to December 1941
Progress up to December 1941
Administrative history 1942-1945
The metallurgical project at Chicago in 1942
The plutonium production problem as of February 1943
The plutonium problem, January 1943 to June 1945
General discussion of the separation of isotopes
The separation of the uranium isotopes by gaseous diffusion
Electromagnetic separation of uranium isotopes
The work on the atomic bomb
General summary
"Written at the request of Maj. Gen. L.R. Groves, U.S.A."
"This book is a republication, with the modifications detailed in the author's preface, of the official report issued by the 'Manhattan District,' U.S. Corps of Engineers (the name given by the War Department to the Atomic Bomb Project)."
Originally published under title: A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945. Washington, D.C. : [U.S.G.P.O.], 1945. The G.P.O. edition was preceded by a lithoprint edition, with the same title, issued to members of the press and the scientific community in early August. Only the latter is mentioned on the front flap of the dust jacket: "The report was first issued by the Army in a small typewritten edition reproduced in lithoprint. Princeton University Press discovered that this was in no way filling the demand and undertook this edition as a public service."
Also known as the "Smyth report."
"Minor changes have been made for this edition. These changes consist of the following variations from the report as issued August 12, 1945: (1) Minor clarifications and corrections in wording; (2) Inclusion of a paragraph on radioactive effects issued by the War Department to accompany the original release of this report; (3) Addition of a few sentences on the success of the health precautions; (4) Addition of a few names; (5) Addition of Appendix 6, giving the War Department release on the New Mexico test of July 16, 1945; (6) Inclusion of the photographic section; (7) Inclusion of an index. H.D.S. September 1, 1945"--Page vii-viii. Not mentioned is the deletion of the last sentence in section 8.15, on "poisoning" in the Hanford pile
Issued in hardcover ("cloth edition") in dust jacket (price $2.00) and in paperback (price $1.25)
Source: Purchase, (DLC #0435E12), Sept. 21, 1945
Includes indexes