AdamSmith Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Neat site of oral histories of the Bomb project: http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/rose-bethes-interview That one linked above is with Rose Bethe, wife of Hans Bethe, physicist who ran the so-called Theoretical Division at Los Alamos (the other 3 divisions being Experimental Physics, Chemistry & Metallurgy, and Ordnance). In his career before and after Los Alamos, Bethe tossed off little bagatelles like figuring out how the sun works. RA1 and MsAnn 2 Quote
Members RA1 Posted October 17, 2015 Members Posted October 17, 2015 Fascinating. Best regards, RA1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Here we go! First of a dozen interviews here with General Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers who ran and drove the entire Manhattan Project including picking Oppenheimer to run Los Alamos. A fascinating person: http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/general-leslie-grovess-interview-part-1 MsAnn 1 Quote
Members MsAnn Posted October 18, 2015 Members Posted October 18, 2015 Here we go! First of a dozen interviews here with General Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers who ran and drove the entire Manhattan Project including picking Oppenheimer to run Los Alamos. A fascinating person: http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/general-leslie-grovess-interview-part-1 LOL...I'm just now getting through your first link. This is beginning to feel like homework. You are the best AS. AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted October 18, 2015 Members Posted October 18, 2015 It MUST be homework if you are not OUT having fun. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 LOL...I'm just now getting through your first link. This is beginning to feel like homework. You are the best AS. I would be careful not read too much at any one sitting. But these interviews, more than a lot of other Manhattan Project stuff I've read, are a really engrossing firsthand look at what all it took to manage and drive and force to successful completion this huge, almost impossible scientific, engineering & industrial enterprise. MsAnn 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Like this one with Kenneth Nichols, Groves's no. 2 for the whole project: http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/general-kenneth-nichols-interview-part-1 Quote
Members RA1 Posted October 18, 2015 Members Posted October 18, 2015 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html Not about the Manhattan Project but I predict AS will find it fascinating. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members MsAnn Posted October 18, 2015 Members Posted October 18, 2015 Off to Sunday Brunch....Will have to put The Manhattan Project on the back burner for now. AdamSmith and MsGuy 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Off to Sunday Brunch....Will have to put The Manhattan Project on the back burner for now. Don't forget to eat your vegetables. MsAnn 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html Not about the Manhattan Project but I predict AS will find it fascinating. Best regards, RA1 Dang! Link does not work for me. P.S. This one does: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ It shows this! Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan Quote
Members RA1 Posted October 18, 2015 Members Posted October 18, 2015 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html Try this. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
