Critical Connections The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge from the Dawn of the Atomic Age to the Present | 14.8 MB
Title: Critical Connections The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge from the Dawn of the Atomic Age to the Present
Author: Lee Riedinger
Category: Nonfiction, History, Military, United States, Americas, 20th Century, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering
Language: English | 488 Pages | ISBN: 9781621906568
Description:
The bombing of Pearl Harbor set off a chain of events that included the race to beat German scientists to build the atomic bomb. A tiny hamlet tucked away in the southern Appalachians proved an unlikely linchpin to win the race. The Manhattan Project required the combination of four secret sites-Clinton Laboratories, Y-12, K-25, and S-50-75,000 workers, and the nation’s finest scientists to create the Secret City, Oak Ridge. From the beginning, the effort was aided by the nearby University of Tennessee, which provided expertise to make the weapon possible. Following World War II, it was not clear what role this huge research and development program would play, but pioneering scientists and administrators were determined that one option-dismantling the whole thing-would not happen.
Critical Connections chronicles how Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Y-12 National Security Complex, and their partners became outstanding examples of the…
The bombing of Pearl Harbor set off a chain of events that included the race to beat German scientists to build the atomic bomb. A tiny hamlet tucked away in the southern Appalachians proved an unlikely linchpin to win the race. The Manhattan Project required the combination of four secret sites-Clinton Laboratories, Y-12, K-25, and S-50-75,000 workers, and the nation’s finest scientists to create the Secret City, Oak Ridge. From the beginning, the effort was aided by the nearby University of Tennessee, which provided expertise to make the weapon possible. Following World War II, it was not clear what role this huge research and development program would play, but pioneering scientists and administrators were determined that one option-dismantling the whole thing-would not happen.
Critical Connections chronicles how Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Y-12 National Security Complex, and their partners became outstanding examples of the…
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