Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project
- ISBN-10
- 1592131921
- ISBN-13
- 9781592131921
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-05
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Authors
- Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg
Description
The public perception of the making of the atomic bomb is an image of the dramatic efforts of a few brilliant male scientists.
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