内容简介
本书是一部版权引进的英文版物理学科普著作,中文书名可译为《曼哈顿计划:核武器物理学简介》,本书作者为:B.卡梅隆・里德,密歇根州艾尔马学院的物理学教授。书中内容包括核武器依据的原理是什么,它们是如何被制造的,它们是如何工作的以及它们会有一些什么影响。
作者简介
B.卡梅隆・里德BruceCameronReedistheCharlesA.DanaProfessorofPhysicsatAlmaCollege,Alma,Michigan.HeholdsaPhDinPhysicsfromtheUniversityofWaterlooinCanada.InadditiontoaquantummechanicstextandthreeotherbooksontheManhattanProject(includingtheIOPConcisePhysicsvolumeAtomicBomb:TheStoryoftheManhattanProject),hehaspublishedover100papersinpeer-reviewedscientificjournalsonresearchinthefieldsofastronomy,dataanalysis,quantumphysics,mathematics,nuclearphysics,thehistoryofphysics,andthephysicsofnuclearweapons.In2009hewaselectedaFellowoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety\'ForhiscontributionstothehistoryofboththephysicsandthedevelopmentofnuclearweaponsintheManhattanProject\'.In2016hewaselectedaFellowoftheInstituteofPhysics.HelivesinMichiganwithhiswifeLaurie.