The first collection ever of the writings and insights of the
original creators of the atomic bomb, along with pieces by the
most important historians and interpreters of the subject, is
now in paperback. Born out of a small research program begun in
1939, the Manhattan Project eventually employed more than
130,000 people, including our foremost scientists and thinkers,
and cost nearly $2 billion—and it was operated under a shroud of
absolute secrecy. This groundbreaking collection of documents,
essays, articles, and excerpts from histories, biographies,
plays, novels, letters, and the oral histories of key
eyewitnesses is the freshest, most exhaustive exploration yet of
the topic.Compiled by experts at the Atomic Heritage Foundation,
the book features first-hand material by Albert Einstein, Leslie
Groves, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi,
Richard Feynman, Niels Bohr, Henry Stimson, and many
others.Dozens of photographs depict key moments and significant
figures, and concise explanatory materi