Critical Connections : The University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory from the Dawn of the Atomic Age to the Present /

Critical Connections : The University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory from the Dawn of the Atomic Age to the Present /

"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 sit...

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Main Authors: Riedinger, Lee (Author), Bugg, William (Author), Smith, David Ray (Newspaper columnist) (Author), Ekkebus, Al (Author)
Other Authors: Fisher, Homer (writer of foreword.), Alexander, Lamar, 1940- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Y-12 National Security Complex (U.S.) > History.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville > History > 21st century.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville > History > 20th century.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory > History.
Nuclear weapons industry > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > History.
Research institutes > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > History.
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