POLONIUM IN THE PLAYHOUSE: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT’S SECRET CHEMISTRY WORK IN DAYTON, OHIO
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND NAMES
CHAPTER 1: SETTING THE SCENE
DAYTON’S LEGACY OF INNOVATION
CHAPTER 2: CHARLES ALLEN THOMAS— THE MAKING OF AN INDUSTRIAL LEADER
A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION
GENERAL MOTORS
PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS
CHAPTER 3: THOMAS & HOCHWALT LABORATORIES AND MONSANTO
SURVIVING THE DEPRESSION
LIFE OUTSIDE THE LAB
MERGING WITH MONSANTO
CHAPTER 4: U.S. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY PREPARE FOR WAR
NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH COMMITTEE
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
MONSANTO’S DEFENSE CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 5: BIRTH OF THE MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT
LABORATORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS
INDUSTRY JOINS THE BOMB PROJECT
CHEMISTRY IS ORGANIZED AND AN INDUSTRIAL LEADER SOUGHT
THOMAS COMES ABOARD
PLUTONIUM
POLONIUM
BIRTH OF THE DAYTON PROJECT
CHAPTER 7: THE DAYTON PROJECT COMES TO LIFE
RECRUITING SCIENTISTS
A QUICK LEARNING CURVE
KEEPING THE SECRET
ARMY RECRUITS ADD SCIENTIFIC SKILL
BONEBRAKE LABORATORY
POLONIUM EXTRACTION
THE DILLON METHOD
THE DRY METHOD—VOLATILIZATION
THE WET METHOD
THE ARRIVAL OF X-10 PLUTONIUM AND BISMUTH
CHAPTER 9: POLONIUM IN THE PLAYHOUSE
POLONIUM OPERATIONS BEGIN
KEEPING AN EYE ON PERSONNEL ISSUES
POLONIUM DELIVERY GETS UNDER WAY
PILE-PRODUCED PLUTONIUM POSES PROBLEMS
POLONIUM AND THE IMPLOSION METHOD
CHAPTER 10: HEALTH PHYSICS AND A SOVIET SPY
GEORGE KOVAL: SOVIET SPY
BUSINESS AS USUAL
CHAPTER 11: VE DAY AND DEADLINES
DELIVERING THE GOODS
CHAPTER 12: TESTING THE BOMB AT TRINITY
DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE
THOMAS AT TRINITY
CHAPTER 13: HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, AND THE END OF THE WAR
RECOGNITION
NUCLEONICS
THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND MOUND LABORATORY
THE PLAYHOUSE COMES DOWN
ACHESON-LILIENTHAL COMMITTEE
URANIUM
PLUTONIUM
POLONIUM
FAT MAN (PLUTONIUM—IMPLOSION METHOD)
FURTHER INFORMATION
APPENDIX II: PROJECT-RELATED TRAVEL
APPENDIX III: DAYTON PROJECT PERSONNEL AND SELECT BIOGRAPHIES
ADMINISTRATORS
RESEARCH STAFF (PARTIAL LISTING)
OPERATIONS AND SERVICE STAFF
HONORARY DEGREES
WORK
BOARDS
APPENDIX V: MANHATTAN PROJECT SITES AND PARTNERS (PARTIAL)
NOTES TO CHAPTER 1
NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
NOTES TO CHAPTER 4
NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
NOTES TO CHAPTER 6
NOTES TO CHAPTER 7
NOTES TO CHAPTER 8
NOTES TO CHAPTER 9
NOTES TO CHAPTER 10
NOTES TO CHAPTER 11
NOTES TO CHAPTER 13
NOTES TO CHAPTER 14
NOTES TO APPENDIX I
NOTES TO APPENDIX III
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX