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The Manhattan Project: Exploding Into the Nuclear Age Michael Amin and David Youssef Junior Group Website Annotated Bibliography Works Cited Primary Sources Books Fermi, Laura. Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi. Chicago, IL: U of Chicago, ​ ​ 1954. Web. This book is by Enrico Fermi’s wife Laura Fermi. We used this book starting from page 97, because the beginning is mostly about his early life. The book explains Enrico Fermi’s clearly vast role in the­the bombardment of the uranium nucleus. It also explains his work in the Chicago Pile­1. This book mainly helps us with our Origin and Exploration pages. Frisch, Otto Robert. What Little I Remember. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1979. Web. ​ ​ Otto Frisch is credited with the naming the process of bombarding neutrons, “nuclear fission” while skiing with his Aunt Lise Meitner. In this book, Frisch talks about his discovery along with his role in the Manhattan Project. Frisch also explains the that the scientists “did not believe in the atom.” We used this for our origin and exploration page. Groves, Leslie R. Now It Can Be Told; the Story of the Manhattan Project. New York: Harper, ​ ​ 1962. Print. In this book, General Leslie R. Groves talks about the Manhattan Project as a whole and the specific role he had in the making of the atomic bomb. He also tells us problems he faced while managing the Manhattan Project, which clearly affected him emotionally, physically, and psychologically. This book is good for our research because it is specific, and some of the other sources we used are more general. We used this book mainly for our Exploration and Encounter pages. Teller, Edward, and Judith L. Shoolery. Memoirs: A Twentieth­century Journey in Science and ​ Politics. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub., 2001. Print. ​ In this book, Edward Teller talks about his early life including love in science and his role in the Manhattan Project. Edward Teller explains the importance of the proper utilization of the bomb, which better helps us better understand the tensions raised by the Soviet Union and the United States. Teller also talks about the fact that he had a small role in the beginning of the Manhattan Project, but in the interview, he says he had a big role in the Einstein Letter. This helps to understand that there is a lack of truth given by the scientists because they are trying to hide something. It also helps us with our Exchange Page. Truman, Harry S. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions (vol. 1). New York: ​ ​ Doubleday, 1955. Print. This book gives Harry S. Truman’s diary entries. We used this book to understand Harry S. Truman’s feelings after learning about the Manhattan Project for the first time, and after learning about the success of the atomic bomb. We used this for our encounter page timeline. Images Einstein and Szilard. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Gaseous Diffusion Stage. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ General Thomas Farrell. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Gun Site. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Hydraulic Lift. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ K­25 Plant. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Lyman Briggs. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Major Charles Sweeney. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ Tinian Airfields. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ X­10: Graphite Reactor. Digital image. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ The Atomic Energy Commission Members. Digital image. Oregon State University. Web. ​ ​ ​ This is a picture of the Atomic Energy Commission. This picture describes the mood in the meeting. This helped on our Exchange page. B­Reactor. Digital image. Manhattan Project Voices. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Web. ​ ​ ​ This is a picture of the of the graphite sheet, that transformed uranium­238 to plutonium­239. This helped us on our Exploration page. It gave us a detailed analysis about the B­reactor. Calutron Girls. Digital image. Los Alamos National Lab. Dept. Of Energy. Web. ​ ​ ​ In this picture, it shows the women that worked at the Y­12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This picture was used on the Exploration page. It gave us general information on what the workplace looked like. This page helped us on the Exploration page. Chemical Trace. Digital image. Courtesy of Advocated for World Health. Web. ​ ​ ​ This picture shows the gamma rays for extensive viewing of the body. It gave us an idea of the machines that use chemical trace. This helped us on our Exchange page. Department of Energy. Digital image. Maine Public Broadcasting Network. University of Maine ​ ​ ​ System, and Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges. Web. This is a picture of the Department of Energy’s logo. It helped us understand the effect that the Manhattan Project had on today’s society. This page helped us on our Exchange page. Dwight E. Eisenhower. Digital image. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. ​ ​ ​ In this picture, it shows his previous position before he became the president of the United States. He was a general in the Manhattan Project. It helped us on the Exchange page. Energy Research and Development Administration Logo. Digital image. WorldStatesmen.org. ​ ​ ​ Ben M. Cahoon. Web. This picture shows the design of the logo of the Energy and Development and Administration and the effect that the Manhattan Project had on today’s facilities. This helped us on our Exchange page. Ernest Lawrence. Digital image. Berkeley Lab. Dept. Of Energy. Web. ​ ​ ​ This picture shows Ernest Lawrence's portrait. Ernest Lawrence began the scientific research that was held at the Y­12 facility. This played a major role and helped us on our Exploration page. The Gadget. Digital image. Office of Scientific Technical Information (OSTI). Dept. Of Energy. ​ ​ ​ Web. This picture portrays the detailed design and structure of the Gadget bomb. It gave us a brief viewing of what the Gadget bomb. This picture helped us and played a great role on our Encounter page. Henry Stimson. Digital image. The Insignia of USS Henry L. Stimson. Web. ​ ​ ​ This is an image of Henry Stimson, secretary of War to Harry S. Truman and Franklin Roosevelt. It helped show the role he had in the Manhattan Project and helped with the exchange page. J. R. Oppenheimer. Digital image. American Academy of Achievement. Web. ​ ​ ​ This picture illustrates Oppenheimer standing with another leader of the Manhattan Project. It helps describe his role in the Manhattan Project. This picture helped us on our Exploration page. John R. Dunning. Digital image. New York Hall of Science. Web. ​ ​ ​ This is a portrait of John R. Dunning a scientist in the K­25 facility. He worked alongside Eugene Booth in the facility to experiment on the gaseous diffusion method. This picture helped us on the Exploration page. Johnny Carson. Digital image. Thirteen Media With Impact. WNET. Web. ​ ​ ​ This is an image of Johnny Carson. He was an entertainer on a famous T.V. show that played in the 1945s. It helped us on our Exploration page and played a major role in keeping the people distracting from the project. K­25 Plant. Digital image. Office of Scientific Technical Information (OSTI). Dept. Of Energy. ​ ​ ​ Web. This is an image of the K­25 gaseous diffusion plant. It helps show the size of the plant and the environment the scientists that the scientists had to go to work in everyday. Y­12 Plant. Digital image. Los Alamos Study Group. Web. ​ ​ ​ This picture shows the Y­12 plant and the areas around it. It illustrates the location of the facility in a secret mountain range. This picture played an imperative role on our Exploration page. Interviews "Dorothy McKibbin's Interview (1979)." Interview by Martin J. Sherwin. The Manhattan Project ​ Voices. Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2005. Web. ​ In this interview, McKibbin tells us about herself, including her very bad eyesight. Dorothy McKibbin also talks about the immense security taken at Los Alamos, which clearly illustrated the secrecy enforced by the government. This interview helps us mainly with out exploration page. "Edward Teller's Interview." Interview by S. L. Langer. Manhattan Project Voices. Atomic ​ ​ Heritage Foundation, 1989. Web. In this interview, Edward Teller helps us to understand his role in the Einstein letter, which in his words was very big. Edward Teller also talks about the about his role, after the Trinity site explosion. This helps us with the origin and exchange page. "Eugene Wigner's Interview (1964)." Interview by Stephane Groueff. Manhattan Project Voices. ​ ​ Atomic Heritage Foundation, 1964. Web. This interview explains Eugene Wigner’s vital role in the decision making for the Hanford reactors of the Manhattan Project. This leads us to understand that most of the process decision making and not actual experimentation. We used this in our Exploration page. "Freeman Dyson's Interview." Interview by Cynthia C. Kelly. Manhattan Project Voices. Atomic ​ ​ Heritage Foundation, 2015. Web. In this interview, Freeman Dyson talks about his job post­war. Dyson also discusses Oppenheimer's role, in nuclear peace in the world. This helps us without exchange page. "General Leslie Groves's' Interview ­ Part 1 ." Interview by Stephane Groueff. The Manhattan ​ Project Voices. Atomic Heritage Foundation, 1965. Web. ​ This interview helps us us to understand the relationship between General Leslie R. Groves, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner. Leo Szilard wanted the scientists control of the project, Eugene Wigner was shy, and when the two scientists spoke he spoke in Yiddish a language that Groves could not understand. We used this for exploration "General Leslie Groves's' Interview ­ Part 5." Interview by Stephane Groueff. Voices of the ​ Manhattan Project. Atomic Heritage Foundation, 1965. Web. ​ In this interview, General Leslie Groves talks about how he led the Manhattan Project. Groves also discussed his military position post the Manhattan Project, how he originally did want to be to be the engineer but wished to fight overseas, and contrasts both his engineering job to his job hitherto.
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