Manhattan District History: Project Y, the Los Alamos Project. Volume 1: Inception until August 1945 (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California. Los Alamos. New Mexico)
- Paperback
- [Los Alamos Scientific Library], 1961
[Los Alamos Scientific Library], 1961. Special Distribution. Paperback. Very Good. Volume 1 only. 375pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 black cloth with tan printed wraps. Light vertical crease in the rear wrap, running from the head to the foot. The half title has a bookplate and a blindstamp from prior owners. LAMS (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) - 2532 (Vol. 1). A record of the technical, administrative, and policy-making activities of the Los Alamos Project (Project Y) from its inception under the Manhattan District through the development of the atomic bomb.
From the Preface-
"Project Y, the Los Alamos Project, has been one of a group of organizations known collectively as the Development of Substitute Materials project, (DSM), devoted to the wartime development of the atomic bomb. This branch of the DSM organization was created early in the year 1943. During the period of its existence it has been the center of activities connected with bomb development and production, as distinguished from the development and production of nuclear explosive materials.
From the Preface-
"Project Y, the Los Alamos Project, has been one of a group of organizations known collectively as the Development of Substitute Materials project, (DSM), devoted to the wartime development of the atomic bomb. This branch of the DSM organization was created early in the year 1943. During the period of its existence it has been the center of activities connected with bomb development and production, as distinguished from the development and production of nuclear explosive materials.