Abstract

Current physics textbooks tend to exclude military applications, but it is explained herehow a study of the Manhattan project—the devastatingly successful attempt to develop anatomic bomb—can show students how the lives and work of physicists are shaped by eventsin society. Much of the original source material is available in books and on the internet(and referenced here), which allows students to discover the views of the scientists forthemselves.

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