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For anyone truly interested in Little Boy and Fat Man, do yourself a favor and pick up Atom Bombs by John Coster-Mullen. It's self-published, and he's a great
by eltoozero 12y ago
For anyone truly interested in Little Boy and Fat Man, do yourself a favor and pick up Atom Bombs by John Coster-Mullen.
It's self-published, and he's a great fellow; he'll email you and offer to sign your copy, as well as answer any questions you've got.
http://www.amazon.com/Atom-Bombs-Secret-Inside-Little/dp/B0006S2AJ0 http://www.amazon.com/Atom-Bombs-Secret-Inside-Little/dp/B00...
This next year is the 70th anniversary of the Trinity test, which is open to the public once a year: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/PAO/Trinity/Pages/default.aspx http://www.wsmr.army.mil/PAO/Trinity/Pages/default.aspx
Edit: He's also the guy who deduced the most probable internal configuration of Little Boy, and built an inert 1:1 scale model which was presented to and signed by the living members of the 509th Bomb Wing.