London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1945. Orig. printed wrappers, wrappers somewhat browned. IV,144 pp.
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First edition printed in England - the book was first published in Washington in August 1945.
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SMYTH (Henry DE WOLF) - GROVES (L.R.) - GRIMALDI (F.S.) - MAY (I.) - FLETCHER (M.H.) - TITCOMB (J.) - PIGOTT (E.C.)
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4 OUVRAGES reliés en un volume in 8 demi-chagrin havane
---- FIRST EDITION of the first published account of the development of the atomic bomb published the first atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima. This report, familiarly known and referred to as the "SMYTH REPORT" is also the first officially published description of the immediate history following Hahn's and Strassmann's discovery of nuclear fission in 1939" ---- Statement of the problem - Administrative history up to December 1941 - Progress up to December 1941 - Administrative history (1942-1945) - Metallurgical project at Chicago in 1942 - Plutonium production problem (February 1943) - Plutonium problem (January 1943-June 1945) - General discussion of the separation of Isotopes - Diffusion separation - Electromagnetic separation - The work on the atomic bomb - Production and utilization of uranium-235 and plutonium 239 - The military effectiveness of the atomic bomb - etc**4796/M1