List of Illustrations |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Glossary of Terms and Names |
Setting the Scene / Chapter 1: |
Charles Allen Thomas-the Making of an Industrial Leader / Chapter 2: |
Thomas & Hochwalt Laboratories and Monsanto / Chapter 3: |
U.S. Science and Industry Prepare for War / Chapter 4: |
Birth of the Manhattan Engineer District / Chapter 5: |
Plutonium and Polonium / Chapter 6: |
The Dayton Project Comes to Life / Chapter 7: |
Polonium Purification / Chapter 8: |
Polonium in the Playhouse / Chapter 9: |
Health Physics and a Soviet Spy / Chapter 10: |
VE Day and Deadlines / Chapter 11: |
Testing the Bomb at Trinity / Chapter 12: |
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the End of the War / Chapter 13: |
Post-War / Chapter 14: |
Appendices |
Science Primer / Appendix I: |
Project-Related Travel / Appendix II: |
Dayton Project Personnel and Select Biographies / Appendix III: |
Charles Allen Thomas Vita / Appendix IV: |
Manhattan Project Sites and Partners (partial) / Appendix V: |
Notes |
Bibliography |
Index |
List of Illustrations |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Glossary of Terms and Names |
Setting the Scene / Chapter 1: |
Charles Allen Thomas-the Making of an Industrial Leader / Chapter 2: |