Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
by
Al Christman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima....