A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945 /
by H.D. Smyth, Chairman of the Department of Physics of Princeton University, Consultant to Manhattan District, U.S. Corps of Engineers.

Description

Main Author

Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986

Related Names

Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.
United States. Adjutant General's Department
United States. War Department.

Language(s)

English

Published

©1945
[Washington, D.C.] : [Adjutant General's Office], [1945]

Subjects

Manhattan Project (U.S.)
United States. > United States. / Army. > United States. / Army. / Corps of Engineers. > United States. / Army. / Corps of Engineers. / Manhattan District.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
United States. > United States. / Army. > United States. / Army. / Corps of Engineers. > United States. / Army. / Corps of Engineers. / Manhattan District.
Politique scientifique > Politique scientifique / États-Unis > Politique scientifique / États-Unis / 1900-1945.
Bombe atomique > Bombe atomique / États-Unis > Bombe atomique / États-Unis / 1900-1945.
Nuclear energy > Nuclear energy / United States.
Atomic bomb > Atomic bomb / United States.
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear weapons / Research.
Nuclear energy.
Atomic bomb > Atomic bomb / Research.
Atomic bomb.
Nuclear warfare.
Nuclear power.
Nuclear bombs.
Nuclear wars.
Nuclear Energy.
Nuclear Warfare.
Nuclear energy.
Atomic bomb.
Nuclear warfare.
Nuclear energy > Nuclear energy / United States.
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear weapons / Research > Nuclear weapons / Research / United States.
Atomic bomb > Atomic bomb / Research > Atomic bomb / Research / United States.
United States.
Publishers' advertisements > Publishers' advertisements / England > Publishers' advertisements / England / London > Publishers' advertisements / England / London / 20th century.
Millionth volumes.

Note

On cover of a Library of Congress copy (RareBook UF767 .S5): "Released for Publication on [blank]", completed in manuscript ink, "9 00 PM August 10, 1945". (The same copy also has "Atomic bombs" hand-stamped in red above the title on the title page and cover.)--Reported by M. Dimunation, LC Rare Books and Special Collections Div.
Imprint from Coleman (page 206): "... the lithoprinting was done in the Adjutant General's Office in the Pentagon."
Better known by the title under which it was later published: Atomic energy for military purposes. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1945; also known as the "Smyth report."
Lithoprint, reproduced from typewritten copy. This was a preliminary edition, printed for quick release to the press and the scientific community, presumably while the 182-page typeset edition, with the same text and title, was in preparation by the U.S.G.P.O. for sale to the public.
"Written at the request of Major General L.R. Groves, United States Army. Publication authorized as of August 1945."

Physical Description

200 pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 27 cm

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