Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima. As bomb commander, he approved the release of the bomb that forever changed the world.
Yet over the past fifty years only fragments of his story have appeared, in part because of his own self-effacement and the nation's demand for secrecy. Based on recently declassified Manhattan Project documents, including Parsons' logs and other untapped sources, the book offers an unvarnished account of this unsung hero and his involvement in some of the greatest scientific advances of the twentieth century.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
United States, United States. Navy, Admirals, Biography, Atomic bomb, HistoryPlaces
United StatesShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the creation of the atomic bomb
1998, Naval Institute Press
in English
1557501203 9781557501202
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Scriblio MARC recordIthaca College Library MARC record
amazon.com record
marc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy MARC record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record
Better World Books record
Promise Item
marc_columbia MARC record
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?July 13, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
February 28, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
May 15, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
July 14, 2017 | Edited by Mek | adding subject: Internet Archive Wishlist |
December 9, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |