Nylon And Bombs

Author : Pap A. Ndiaye
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801884446
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nylon and Bombs written by Pap A. Ndiaye and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do nylon stockings and atomic bombs have in common? DuPont. The chemical firm of DuPont de Nemours pioneered the development of both nylon and plutonium, playing an important role in the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of the notorious “military-industrial complex.” In this fascinating account of the lives and careers of Du Pont’s chemical engineers, Pap A. Ndiaye deftly illustrates the contribution of industry to the genesis of a dominant post–World War II “American model” connecting prosperity with security. The consumer and military dimensions of twentieth-century American history are often studied separately. Ndiaye reunites them by examining Du Pont's development of nylon, which symbolized a new way of life, and plutonium, which was synonymous with annihilation. Reflecting on the experiences and contributions of the company's engineers and physicists, Ndiaye traces Du Pont's transformation into one of the corporate models of American success.

Author : Aaron Barlow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440859442
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Manhattan Project and the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb written by Aaron Barlow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview of the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop the atomic bomb, with more than 80 in-depth articles on a variety of topics and dozens of key primary source documents. This book provides everything readers need to know about the Manhattan Project, the U.S. program that led to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It begins with a detailed introduction to the project and includes an alphabetical collection of relevant entries on such topics as the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb; Enrico Fermi, creator of the first nuclear reactor; Hiroshima, the target of the first atomic bomb; and Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project. Dozens of primary sources include eyewitness accounts, government memos, letters, press releases, and other important documents relevant to the establishment and success of the Manhattan Project. A set of four essays written by prominent scholars address whether the United States was justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The book also includes a comprehensive chronology that reveals key moments related to the creation of the world's first nuclear weapon as well as a bibliography of resources that points readers toward additional information on the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons, and World War II.

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Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liquid Propellant Rocket Combustion Instability written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David T. Harrje
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liquid Propellant Rocket Combustion Instability written by David T. Harrje and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The solution of problems of combustion instability for more effective communication between the various workers in this field is considered. The extent of combustion instability problems in liquid propellant rocket engines and recommendations for their solution are discussed. The most significant developments, both theoretical and experimental, are presented, with emphasis on fundamental principles and relationships between alternative approaches.

Author : Raymond J. Giguere
Publisher : Chemical Heritage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780976572374
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molecules that Matter written by Raymond J. Giguere and published by Chemical Heritage Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies a molecule of great historical and social importance for each decade of the 20th century. Provides information about its discovery and synthesis, with art works and artifacts to show its historical and social significance.

Author : Kari Frederickson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820345660
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cold War Dixie written by Kari Frederickson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 partnership between the Atomic Energy Commission and the DuPont Corporation and was dedicated to producing materials for the hydrogen bomb. Kari Frederickson shows how the needs of the expanding national security state, in combination with the corporate culture of DuPont, transformed the economy, landscape, social relations, and politics of this corner of the South. In 1950, the area comprising the SRP and its surrounding communities was primarily poor, uneducated, rural, and staunchly Democratic; by the mid-1960s, it boasted the most PhDs per capita in the state and had become increasingly middle class, suburban, and Republican. The SRP's story is notably dramatic; however, Frederickson argues, it is far from unique. The influx of new money, new workers, and new business practices stemming from Cold War-era federal initiatives helped drive the emergence of the Sunbelt. These factors also shaped local race relations. In the case of the SRP, DuPont's deeply conservative ethos blunted opportunities for social change, but it also helped contain the radical white backlash that was so prominent in places like the Mississippi Delta that received less Cold War investment.

Author : Kate Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190233109
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plutopia written by Kate Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. She draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia--the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias--communities of nuclear families living in highly-subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Plutopia was successful because in its zoned-off isolation it appeared to deliver the promises of the American dream and Soviet communism; in reality, it concealed disasters that remain highly unstable and threatening today.

Author : Paul R. Laska
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040084702
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bombs, IEDs, and Explosives written by Paul R. Laska and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide on procedures, administration, and equipment, Bombs, IEDs, and Explosives: Identification, Investigation, and Disposal Techniques introduces concepts, basic knowledge, and necessary skill sets for bomb technicians. It covers topics such as training resources, bomb threat and incident response, legal aspects of bomb disposal, explosives and

Author : United States. War Production Board
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, Cumulative Through February 1943 written by United States. War Production Board and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book The Shock and Vibration Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1977-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: