edith truslow (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good copy in softcover. Small square of sticker residue on title page. Very light wear at fore-edge. 4to. 111 pages. No titles on spine.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Softcover in stapled wraps. First edition thus. Tiny scrape at bottom corner of front cover, else Fine condition. An account of the wartime transformation of a small boys' school in the mountains of New Mexico into a unique scientific enclave. Reprinted from a 1973 publication and illustrated with many early photographs. 4to. 111 pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Very good condition. This is a 4to size softcover book, stapled on the spine. Bottom corner is bumped. Top corners of covers and spine tips are lightly bumped. 111 pages with 101 illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Volume 2 only. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light smudging and discoloration across page block edges. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. *** Volume 2 *** Pages are clean. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. An intriguing glimpse of an astonishing project. pp.111. Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Wonderful scholarship. 40th Anniversary Edition. pp.507. Illus. Slipcase. An unused copy.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. viii, 111, [1] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Sticker of Los Alamos Historical Society Museum Shop inside front cover. Minor erasure residue on title page. Edith Truslow (1911-2002) was a lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) when she was offered a job at Los Alamos as a historian in 1946. During her time at Los Alamos she co-wrote the history of Los Alamos with David Hawkins and Ralph C. Smith. She was credited as one of the co-authors of Project Y: The Los Alamos Story, in 1984 when the history was declassified and published. After she finished her work at Los Alamos, she became a civilian professional photographer. This volume of the Manhattan Engineer District History gives a concise account of the nonscientific part of the Y Project at Los Alamos from its inception through 1946 when the Atomic Energy Commission assumed control. The purpose of this record is to present the facts of Construction, organization, and personnel and of various problems faced and met by those responsible for assisting in the final accomplishment of the task set for Los Alamos. One of the chief difficulties in security data for this volume arose from security restrictions during the early operations of the Project. Many of the transactions wee carried on orally to ensure secrecy, and so no written record was preserved. In other instances, data were destroyed to further protect the secret of the bomb. This complete secrecy was one of the most amazing aspects of the entire program, but it produced one of the greatest obstacles to piecing the story together for historical purposes. Many involved were interviewed to fill in these gaps.