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    Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford, and the B Reactor
    Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford, and the B Reactor
    Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford, and the B Reactor
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    Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford, and the B Reactor

    By Robert L. Ferguson and C. Mark Smith

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    Finally, a concise but comprehensive narrative of the geopolitics and atomic research that led to the creation of the Manhattan Project—the American effort to develop and deploy the atomic bomb during World War II. Written by two award-winning authors who together have more than a century of direct experience with the subject, this book is

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishercms-author.com
    Release dateJul 23, 2019
    ISBN9781948963282
    Something Extraordinary: A Short History of the Manhattan Project, Hanford, and the B Reactor

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