The neutron's children [electronic resource] : nuclear engineers and the shaping of identity / Sean F. Johnston.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:- 9780191740732 (ebook) :
- 621.480922 23
- TK9013
This account tracks the Allied atomic energy experts who emerged from the Manhattan Project to explore optimistic but distinct paths in the USA, UK and Canada. Characterised successively as admired atomic scientists, mistrusted spies and heroic engineers, their identities were ultimately shaped by nuclear accidents.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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