The Highway of the Atom
Pearson, Nasby • McGill-Queen's University Press • ISBN Not provided
The Highway of the Atom
Pearson, Nasby • McGill-Queen's University Press • ISBN-13 Not provided
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2010
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A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada's involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents.The Highway of the Atom overcomes these restrictions in an innovative and unconventional history that assembles a narrative from fragments - interviews, indigenous stories, archives, and physical remains -…
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