North Hunterdon High School Media Center
Atomic Bomb
REFERENCE
MATERIALS
Reference works such as
biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, bibliographies, etc.
provide useful background information. The reference collection is a good place
to start your research. Selected samples are:
Encyclopedia
Americana - REF 031 E
World Book Encyclopedia - REF 031 W
Books on the
subject found in the media center:
355.8 ATO
The Atom bomb. San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 2000. This
book is a collection of essays on the atom bomb, discussing
the development of the bomb, the use of the bomb, and the
global era that was ushered in because of the development of
it.
355.8 C
Cohen, Daniel, 1936-. The Manhattan Project. Brookfield, Conn.
: Millbrook Press, c1999. Discusses the personalities and
events involved in the research, development and detonation
of the atomic bombs built by the United States in the 1940s.
355.8 G
Gonzales, Doreen. The Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb in
American history. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers,
c2000. Describes the events and people surrounding the
creation of the atomic bomb, and examines the effects of its
use during World War II.
355.8 L
Lace, William W. The atom bomb. San Diego : Lucent Books,
c2002. An illustrated chronicle of the creation of the
atomic bomb that spans from the early scientific theories
about matter to the aftermath of the bombing of Japan that
ended the Second World War.
623.4 A
Blow, Michael. The history of the atomic bomb,. 1st ed. New
York, : American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade and
institutional distribution by Harper & Row, [1968].
623.4 L
Larsen, Rebecca. Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. New York : F.
Watts, 1988. Traces the life of the physicist who headed
the Manhattan Project which developed the first atomic bomb.
623.451 R
Rhodes, Richard. The making of the atomic bomb. New York :
Simon & Schuster, c1986.
940.53 A
Ambrose, Stephen E. The good fight : how World War II was won.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.
Text and many photos, maps, and diagrams present the Second
World War to young readers, from the war's origins in Europe
through the War Crimes Trials and the aftereffects of the
dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Also includes a
glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related Web sites.
940.54 SHE
Sherrow, Victoria. The making of the atom bomb. San Diego,
Calif. : Lucent Books, 2000. This book discusses the
development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at Los
Alamos, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb.
940.54 W
Wyden, Peter. Day one : before Hiroshima and after. New York :
Simon and Schuster, c1984.
940.5426 U
Unforgettable fire : pictures drawn by atomic bomb survivors.
1st American ed. New York : Pantheon Books, [1981] c1976.
973.918 H
Harry S. Truman. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2002.
Contains essays that examine major events in the presidency
of Harry S. Truman, with analyses of how he handled each
situation, including the dropping of the atomic bomb on
Japan, the Truman Doctrine and the rebuilding of Europe, the
Korean War, and domestic policies.
B OPPENHEIMER
Kugelmass, J. Alvin. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic story.
New York : J. Messner, c1953.
Video on the subject:
VT 940.54 C
Miner, Jane Claypool. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New York : F.
Watts, 1984. Discusses the planning for and the aftermath
of the American use of the atomic bomb which destroyed two
Japanese cities in August 1945.
Electronic
Databases
ABC-Clio
World History
www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com
American
History
www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com
Facts On File
http://www.fofweb.com/subscription/
History
Reference Center
http://search.epnet.com/
Opposing
Viewpoints
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/OVRC;$sessionid$ELL23QQAABH4LJOBNJQQAAA?locID=anna70394
Sirs
http://sks17.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-portal-res?id=0000NJ1297-S91737MI
Click on Advanced Search. In the first box, put Atomic Bomb,
in the second box, put World War II.
Internet sources:
Internet
Search Directories:
About.com
http://www.about.com
Websites
Atomic bomb
decision
http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html
Atomic
archive.com
http://www.atomicarchive.com/index.shtml
Atomic Bomb -
Decision
http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html
Biographies
of 6 men who worked on the A-bomb
http://www.needham.mec.edu/NPS_Web_docs/High_School/cur/mp/whos_Who.html
City of Hiroshima
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/index-E.html
Decision to
drop the bomb
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/bomb.htm
Decision to use the bomb
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_23.htm
The author of The Fall of the Philippines, Louis Morton,
served overseas as a historical
officer in the South Pacific area
and in the Philippines during World War II. Since 1945
he has been chief of the Pacific Section, Office of the Chief of Military
History, Department
of the Army. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Duke University, is
the author of a
volume on American colonial history, and has written a number of articles
dealing with military affairs.
Harry Truman's Decision
http://www.mrdowling.com/706-truman.html
Nuclear
History
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/NC/nuchis.html
Race for the
Super Bomb - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/