INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD RHODES
PREFACE BY ROBERT SERBER
The Los Alamos Primer
1 Object
2 Energy of Fission Process
3 Fast Neutron Chain Reaction
4 Fission Cross-sections
5 Neutron Spectrum
6 Neutron Number
7 Neutron Capture
8 Why Ordinary U Is Safe
9 Material 49
10 Simplest Estimate of Minimum Size of Bomb
11 Effect of Tamper
12 Damage
13 Efficiency
14 Effect of Tamper on Efficiency
15 Detonation
16 Probability of Predetonation
17 Fizzles
18 Detonating Source
19 Neutron Background
20 Shooting
21 Autocatalytic Methods
22 Conclusion
ENDNOTES
APPENDIX I: THE FRISCH-PEIERLS MEMORANDUM
APPENDIX II: BIOG
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