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Atomic Energy in the coming era (1945)

AuteurD.Dietz
Datum1945
Classificatie 6.01.0.40/33 (GESCHIEDENIS ONTWIKKELING KERNENERGIE)
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Preface

EIGHT DAYS after the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan surrendered. 
Not only was World War II at an end, but the world was on the threshold of a new 
age, the Era of Atomic Energy.
Two questions are in the minds of everyone. What is atomic energy? What does it 
mean for the future of America and the world? In this book I have sought to answer 
these questions in nontechnical language which the layman can understand. 
Chapter I is a preview of some of the things which may be expected in the coming 
Era of Atomic Energy. It seeks to evaluate the impact of this new source of power 
on industry, transportation, and life in general.
Chapters II to VII give the background of atomic theory without which the reader 
cannot hope to understand recent events. They tell the fascinating story of how 
these theories took shape.
Chapters VIII to XI recount the experiments in atom smashing which led to the 
atomic bomb. Einstein's equation for the conversion of matter into energy, the 
pioneer atom smashing experiments of Lord Rutherford and his colleagues, the 
building of the giant atom smashers, and the exciting discovery of Uranium 235 
are discussed in them.
Chapter XII tells the story of how the atomic bomb was developed during the war 
years by marshalling the nation's leading scientists and providing a budget of 
$2,000,000,000 for the project. This chapter is based on President Truman's 
statement and on releases made public by the War Department.

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