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Verlag: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 2018
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In den WarenkorbWraps. Zustand: Very good. 48 pages plus covers. Illustrations (many in color). Mailing information and ink notation on back cover. Minor yellow highlighting on page 2. National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national sec…urity to policy makers, the general public, academia, and scientific and technical experts. In this issue are articles on Ohio-Class Submarines, Nuclear Deterrence, the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, DARHT, physicist Jane Hall, Nuclear Weapons Design, and the Encore nuclear weapons test of May 8, 1953. Los Alamos National Laboratory (or LANL; previously known at various times as Project Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is one of two laboratories in the United States in which classified work towards the design of nuclear weapons has been undertaken (the other being Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). LANL is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security (LANS), located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The laboratory is one of the largest science and technology institutions in the world. It conducts multidisciplinary research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy,[4] medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. The laboratory was founded during World War II as a secret, centralized facility to coordinate the scientific research of the Manhattan Project, the Allied project to develop the first nuclear weapons. In September 1942, the difficulties encountered in conducting preliminary studies on nuclear weapons at universities scattered across the country indicated the need for a laboratory dedicated solely to that purpose. The work of the laboratory culminated in the creation of several atomic devices, one of which was used in the first nuclear test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity", on July 16, 1945. The other two were weapons, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", which were used in the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Laboratory received the Army-Navy 'E' Award for Excellence in production on October 16, 1945. After the war, Oppenheimer retired from the directorship, and it was taken over by Norris Bradbury, whose initial mission was to make the previously hand-assembled atomic bombs "G.I. proof" so that they could be mass-produced and used without the assistance of highly trained scientists. Many of the original Los Alamos "luminaries" chose to leave the laboratory, and some even became outspoken opponents to the further development of nuclear weapons. In the years since the 1940s, Los Alamos was responsible for the development of the hydrogen bomb, and many other variants of nuclear weapons. In 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was founded to act as Los Alamos' "competitor", with the hope that two laboratories for the design of nuclear weapons would spur innovation. Los Alamos and Livermore served as the primary classified laboratories in the U.S. national laboratory system, designing all the country's nuclear arsenal. Additional work included basic scientific research, particle accelerator development, health physics, and fusion power research as part of Project Sherwood. Many nuclear tests were undertaken in the Marshall Islands and at the Nevada Test Site. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Michael Pierce (Photographer) and Carlos Trujillo (illustrator).
Verlag: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 2020
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In den WarenkorbWraps. Zustand: Very good. [2-front cover back and front], 73 pages plus rear cover. Illustrations (many in color). National Security Science magazine showcases the importance, breadth, and depth of the Lab's scientific and technical work for solving challenges to national security to policy makers, the general public, academia,… and scientific and technical experts. This is entitled The History Issue and had articles on The Trinity Test: 75 Years Ago, The mission that changed the world, Generations of Tradition (by General (retired) Paul Tibbets IV), Why wasn't Little Boy Tested, Cold War Watchmen [Project Vela]. The mystery flash that changed astrophysics, Behind the bamboo curtain [Los Alamos scientists visit Lop Nur], Analysis: Doomed to Cooperate, Looking back: 66 years ago the Castle Bravo test; and Boyd Ritter creates custom knives. Los Alamos National Laboratory (or LANL; previously known at various times as Project Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is one of two laboratories in the United States in which classified work towards the design of nuclear weapons has been undertaken (the other being Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). LANL is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security (LANS), located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The laboratory is one of the largest science and technology institutions in the world. It conducts multidisciplinary research in fields such as national security, space exploration, renewable energy,[4] medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. The laboratory was founded during World War II as a secret, centralized facility to coordinate the scientific research of the Manhattan Project, the Allied project to develop the first nuclear weapons. In September 1942, the difficulties encountered in conducting preliminary studies on nuclear weapons at universities scattered across the country indicated the need for a laboratory dedicated solely to that purpose. The work of the laboratory culminated in the creation of several atomic devices, one of which was used in the first nuclear test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity", on July 16, 1945. The other two were weapons, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", which were used in the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Laboratory received the Army-Navy 'E' Award for Excellence in production on October 16, 1945. After the war, Oppenheimer retired from the directorship, and was replaced by Norris Bradbury, whose mission was to make the previously hand-assembled atomic bombs "G.I. proof" so that they could be mass-produced and used without the assistance of highly trained scientists. Many of the original Los Alamos "luminaries" chose to leave the laboratory, and some even became outspoken opponents to the further development of nuclear weapons. In the years since the 1940s, Los Alamos was responsible for the development of the hydrogen bomb, and many other variants of nuclear weapons. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Michael Pierce (Photographer) and Carlos Trujillo (illustrator).
Verlag: The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 2023
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In den WarenkorbWraps. Zustand: Very good. The format is approximately 8.125 inches by 10.875 inches. 70 pages, plus covers. Illustrated front and back cover. Illustrations (some in color). This copy was removed from shrink-wrap for cataloguing. National Security Science (NSS) highlights work in the weapons and other national security programs…at Los Alamos National Laboratory. NSS is unclassified and supported by the Lab's Office of National Security and International Studies. Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest. Best known for its central role in helping develop the first atomic bomb, LANL is one of the world's largest and most advanced scientific institutions. Los Alamos was established in 1943 as Project Y, a top-secret site for designing nuclear weapons under the Manhattan Project during World War II.[note 1] Chosen for its remote yet relatively accessible location, it served as the main hub for conducting and coordinating nuclear research, bringing together some of the world's most famous scientists, among them numerous Nobel Prize winners. After the war ended in 1945, Project Y's existence was made public, and it became known universally as Los Alamos. Today, Los Alamos conducts multidisciplinary research in fields such as national security, space exploration, nuclear fusion, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. This issue of National Security Science magazine explores the dynamic legacy of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who came to Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 1943 to direct the top-secret weapons laboratory of the Manhattan Project. In just 27 months, as the world would later learn, he led the effort to create the atomic bomb, helping end World War II. These scientific achievements brought the secret lab into the public eye and the world into the Atomic Age, with Oppenheimer as the face of both. In many ways, his legacy is our legacy. True to its beginnings, Los Alamos National Laboratory has remained a locus of collaborative innovation and held its position at the forefront of national security research, development, and stewardship throughout its 80-year history. Laboratory contributions to nuclear science, including many by Oppenheimer himself, have been preserved through the decades and are archived in the Lab's National Security Research Center (NSRC). The NSRC began as Oppenheimer's wartime technical library and today serves as a leading research institution, curating millions of classified holdings that are accessed daily by researchers in support of our national security. The NSRC also curates unclassified collections of historical value. These photos, films, documents, and other media include details about Oppenheimer that may otherwise have been lost to time. Thanks to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer film being released this summer, many stories about the Lab's founding director are being shared with renewed interest. The NSRC, too, is creating an Oppenheimer film. The documentary is based on the historical information in NSRC collections as well as interviews with Laboratory staff, current Lab Director Thom Mason, and Oppenheimer biographers Kai Bird and Jim Kunetka, authors of American Prometheus and The General and the Genius, respectively. Recollections from his directorship also point to Oppenheimer's incredible drive and ambition. Perhaps this is what Manhattan Project leader General Leslie Groves saw in Oppenheimer beyond his lack of managerial experience and questionable past associations. According to the transcript of the call Groves made to Oppenheimer after the release of the Little Boy bomb, Groves said, "I think one of the wisest things I ever did was when I selected the director of Los Alamos.". Presumed First Edition, First printing --The Oppenheimer Issue.. Ethan Froggel (Photographer) and David Woodfin (Ph (illustrator).