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1260571Inventing Los Alamoshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/inventing-los-alamos-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/274122/1a26c541-304e-465f-8d41-b1b069d0b796.jpg?v=638334056498400000295409MXNUniversity of Oklahoma PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><em>A social history of New Mexicos Atomic City</em></p><p>Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the community that revolutionized modern weaponry and science. An instant city, created in 1943, Los Alamos quickly grew to accommodate six thousand peoplescientists and experts who came to work in the top-secret laboratories, others drawn by jobs in support industries, and the families. How these people, as a community, faced both the fevered rush to create an atomic bomb and the intensity of the subsequent cold-war era is the focus of Jon Hunners fascinating narrative history.</p><p>Much has been written about scientific developments at Los Alamos, but until this book little has been said about the community that fostered them. Using government records and the personal accounts of early residents, <em>Inventing Los Alamos</em>, traces the evolution of the town during its first fifteen years as home to a national laboratory and documents the towns creation, the lives of the families who lived there, and the impact of this small community on the Atomic Age.</p>...1249560Inventing Los Alamos295409https://www.gandhi.com.mx/inventing-los-alamos-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/274122/1a26c541-304e-465f-8d41-b1b069d0b796.jpg?v=638334056498400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780806148069_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9780806148069_<p><em>A social history of New Mexicos Atomic City</em></p><p>Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the community that revolutionized modern weaponry and science. An instant city, created in 1943, Los Alamos quickly grew to accommodate six thousand peoplescientists and experts who came to work in the top-secret laboratories, others drawn by jobs in support industries, and the families. How these people, as a community, faced both the fevered rush to create an atomic bomb and the intensity of the subsequent cold-war era is the focus of Jon Hunners fascinating narrative history.</p><p>Much has been written about scientific developments at Los Alamos, but until this book little has been said about the community that fostered them. Using government records and the personal accounts of early residents, <em>Inventing Los Alamos</em>, traces the evolution of the town during its first fifteen years as home to a national laboratory and documents the towns creation, the lives of the families who lived there, and the impact of this small community on the Atomic Age.</p>9780806148069_University of Oklahoma Presslibro_electonico_f2a1cf89-0b5b-3a60-b8d6-f06d0a7586f0_9780806148069;9780806148069_9780806148069Jon HunnerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofoklahoma-epub-fab76b91-b8c8-4c18-bf60-fd43c12a8fee.epub2014-08-04T00:00:00+00:00University of Oklahoma Press