Original Documents:
Michael B. Stoff (ed.), The Manhattan Project: A Documentary Introduction to the Atomic Age. Walter Quarto QC773.A1 M36 1991.
1939 Letters by Einstein, Sachs, Roosevelt, Szilard, Fermi and Watson.
Comprehensive Histories:
Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, esp. Chap 10 and earlier relevant threads, and indexed entries. Walter QC773 .R46 1986; Wilson QC773 .R46 1986
Children of the Manhattan Project --heritage website (although much relates to the later history) -- index to history section
Trinity Atomic Web Site: Nuclear Weapons: History, Technology, and Consequences in Historic Documents, Photos, and Videos -- and mirror site
Lawrence Badash, Scientists and the Development of Atomic Weapons [although primary focus is later]. Walter U264 .B34 1995
Background on Nuclear Physics
High-Energy Weapons Archive and mirror site
Chuck Hansen, The Swords of Armageddon, CD-ROM, TC Learning Resource Center U264.3 .H364x 1995 CD-R177
Background on Weapons
Constance McLaughlin Green, Harry C. Thomson, and Peter C. Roots. 1955. The Ordnance Department: Planning Munitions for War.
Mark Skinner Watson. 1950. Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations.
Biographies (not exhaustive of relevant U.Minn. holdings!):
Segrč, Emilio. Enrico Fermi: physicist. (University of Chicago Press, 1970) || MLAC 530.92 F386s
"Richard Roberts." Biographical Memoirs Vol. 62 (National Academy of Science).
Lanouette, William. Genius in the shadows : a biography of Leo Szilard: the man behind the bomb || Walter QC16.S95 L36 1992
Teller, Edward. Memoirs : a twentieth-century journey in science and politics || Walter QC16.T37 M55 2001
Blumberg , Stanley and Gwinn Owens. Energy and Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller G.P. Putnam's Sons (1976). Available in local libraries.
Blumberg, Stanley A. Edward Teller: giant of the golden age of physics || Walter QC16.T37 B57 1990
Merle A. Tuve and his program of nuclear studies at the department of terrestrial magnetism : the early career of a modern American physicist, Cornell, Thomas D., 1987 || Walter QC16.T88 C67x 1987
Wigner, Eugene. The recollections of Eugene P. Wigner as told to Andrew Szanton || Walter QC16 .W55 1992
Wagner, Francis S. Eugene P. Wigner, an architect of the Atomic Age : highlights of a career with a comprehensive bibliography || Walter QC16.W52 W33
Simulation assembled by Douglas Allchin, with kind assistance from Robert Seidel. || last revised Sept. 6, 2005
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