Atomic Energy for Military Purposes by Henry Dewolf Smyth 1st Edition 1945
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Atomic Energy for Military Purposes by Henry Dewolf Smyth 1st Edition 1945. This book outlines the basic physics of nuclear fission. Published by the Princeton University Press. PROVENANCE: SIGNED IN INK: "Kenyon Stevenson, Jr., dtd. 9/28/45" on the front blank. He was an engineer hired directly from Yale University to work on the Manhattan Project at the Oak Ridge Laboratory (Clinton Engineer Works) in Tennessee. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes was written by Henry Dewolf Smyth (1898-1986), which was a report that was released on August 12, 1945, just days after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This book, usually referred to as the Smyth Report, was published to inform American citizens about the Manhattan Project and provide a guideline for scientists regarding what information was declassified. This book outlines the basic physics of nuclear fission. Published by the Princeton University Press. Smyth was an American physicist, diplomat, a bureaucrat, a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission, and a US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency. PROVENANCE: SIGNED IN INK: "Kenyon Stevenson, Jr., dtd. 9/28/45" on the front blank. He was an engineer hired directly from Yale University to work on the Manhattan Project at the Oak Ridge Laboratory (Clinton Engineer Works) in Tennessee. He was part of the massive scientific and industrial effort at the Clinton Engineer Works during WWII. Used, vintage, antique, previously owned, displayed, and such items, are not new or mint condition. They will show signs of wear. It is impossible to describe every tiny detail of every item. If there is a major damage or wear or repair, I will reveal it in the description, in either the images or the wording. But if I don't notice a detail, it is not intentional. I describe my items honestly. Photographs are part of the description just as much as the words, therefore looking at the photographs, I might not write in words what I have already shown clearly in the photographs. B-1
