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100 1  Olson, Steve,|d1956-|eauthor. 
245 14 The apocalypse factory :|bplutonium and the making of the 
       atomic age /|cSteve Olson. 
246 30 Plutonium and the making of the atomic age 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bW. W. Norton & Company,|c[2020] 
300    xii, 336 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-318) and 
       index. 
505 00 |gPart 1.|tThe road to Hanford. --|gChapter 1.
       |tBeginnings. --|gChapter 2.|tThe chain reaction. --
       |gChapter 3.|tElement 94. --|gChapter 4.|tThe decision --
       |gChapter 5.|tThe Met Lab. --|gChapter 6.|tPlutonium at 
       last. --|gChapter 7.|tThe demonstration. --|gPart 2.|tA 
       factory in the desert --|gchapter 8.The evicted --
       |gChapter 9.|tThe builders --|gChapter 10.|tThe B Reactor 
       --|gChapter 11.|tThe T Plant --|gChapter 12.|tImplosion --
       |gChapter 13.|tWashington, D.C. --|gChapter 14.|tTrinity -
       -|gChapter 15.|tTinian Island --|gPart 3.|tUnder the 
       mushroom cloud --|gChapter 16.|tNagasaki Medical College 
       Hospital --|gChapter 17.|tThe Urakami Valley --|gChapter 
       18.|tNagasaki --|gPart 4.|tConfronting Armageddon --
       |gChapter 19.|tThe Cold War --|gChapter 20.|tBuilding the 
       nuclear arsenal --|gChapter 21.|tPeak production --
       |gChapter 22.|tThe reckoning --|gChapter 23.|tRemembering.
520    "A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph-and the 
       unimaginable, world-ending peril it brought us. Fearing 
       that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom,
       the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly 
       inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a nuclear 
       chain reaction with unimaginable explosive power. It would
       begin with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured 
       by humans. In a matter of months, a city designed to 
       produce this dangerous material arose from the desert of 
       eastern Washington State. Plutonium powered the bomb that 
       dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 (a target selected 
       in almost arbitrary fashion). And the work of Glenn 
       Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and hundreds of thousands of others
       -the physicists, engineers, laborers, and support staff of
       the Hanford Nuclear Facility-would remain the basis of the
       entire US nuclear arsenal during the Cold War and into the
       present. With his characteristic blend of scientific 
       clarity and human stories, Steve Olson offers this 
       dramatic story of human achievement-and hubris-to a new 
       generation"--|cProvided by publisher. 
610 20 Hanford Engineer Works|xHistory. 
610 27 Hanford Engineer Works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00714558 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  0 Atomic bomb|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Plutonium industry|zWashington (State)|zHanford|xHistory
       |y20th century. 
650  0 Nuclear weapons|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific 
       Northwest (OR, WA).|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Atomic bomb.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00820568 
650  7 Nuclear weapons.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01040971 
650  7 Plutonium industry.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01067462 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
651  7 Washington (State)|zHanford.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01207440 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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