Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD TO THE 1989 EDITION ix
4. FOREWORD TO THE 1945 EDITION xiii
5. PREFACE xiv
6. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 31
8. CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY UP TO DECEMBER 1941 45
9. CHAPTER IV. PROGRESS UP TO DECEMBER 1941 55
10. CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 1942-1945 75
11. CHAPTER VI. THE METALLURGICAL PROJECT AT CHICAGO IN 1942 88
12. CHAPTER VII. THE PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION PROBLEM AS OF FEBRUARY 1943 108
13. CHAPTER VIII. THE PLUTONIUM PROBLEM JANUARY 1943 TO JUNE 1945 130
14. CHAPTER IX. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SEPARATION OF ISOTOPES 154
15. CHAPTER X. THE SEPARATION OF THE URANIUM ISOTOPES BY GASEOUS DIFFUSION 172
16. CHAPTER XI. ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATION OF URANIUM ISOTOPES 187
17. CHAPTER XII. THE WORK ON THE ATOMIC BOMB 206
18. CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL SUMMARY 223
19. APPENDIXES
20. APPENDIX 1. METHODS OF OBSERVING FAST PARTICLES FROM NUCLEAR REACTIONS 227
21. APPENDIX 2. THE UNITS OF MASS, CHARGE AND ENERGY 234
22. APPENDIX 3. DELAYED NEUTRONS FROM URANIUM FISSION 236
23. APPENDIX 4. THE FIRST SELF-SUSTAINING CHAIN REACTING PILE 239
24. APPENDIX 5. SAMPLE LIST OF REPORTS 246
25. APPENDIX 6. WAR DEPARTMENT RELEASE ON NEW MEXICO TEST, JULY 16, 1945 247
26. APPENDIX 7. BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE STATEMENT, "BRITAIN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB," AUGUST 72, 7945 255
27. APPENDIX 8. CANADIAN INFORMATION SERVICE STATEMENT AUGUST 13, 1945 288
28. APPENDIX 9. THE "SMYTH REPORT" 297
29. INDEX 313