영문목차
1. Introduction;
2. Early research on fission, and overview: 1933 1943;
3. The early materials program: 1933 1943;
4. Setting up project Y: June 1942 to March 1943;
5. Research in the first months of project Y: April to September 1943;
6. Creating a wartime community: September 1943 to August 1944;
7. The gun weapon: September 1943 to August 1944;
8. The implosion program accelerates: September 1943 to July 1944;
9. New hopes for the implosion weapon: September 1943 to July 1944;
10. The nuclear properties of a fission weapon: September 1943 to July 1944;
11. Uranium and plutonium: early 1943 to August 1944;
12. The discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium and the reorganisation of Los Alamos;
13. Building the uranium bomb: August 1944 to July 1945;
14. Exploring the plutonium implosion weapon: August 1944 to February 1945;
15. Finding the implosion design: August 1944 to February 1945;
16. Building the implosion gadget: March 1945 to July 1945;
17. Critical assemblies and nuclear physics: August 1944 to July 1945;
18. The test at Trinity: January 1944 to July 1945;
19. Delivery: June 1943 to August 1945;
20. The legacy of Los Alamos.