Introduction ix
Principal Cast of Characters xiii
Map-Clinton Engineer Works, Tennessee, 1943-1945 xviii
Revelation, August 1945 1(2)
1 Everything Will Be Taken Care Of. Train To Nowhere, August 1943 3(17)
Tubealloy: The Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942
15(5)
2 Peaches And Pearls: The Taking Of Site X, Fall 1942 20(15)
Tubealloy: Ida and the Atom, 1934
32(3)
3 Through The Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943 35(28)
Tubealloy: Lise and Fission, 1938
57(6)
4 Bull Pens And Creeps: The Project's Welcome For New Employees 63(18)
Tubealloy: Leona and Success in Chicago, December 1942
75(6)
5 Only Temporary: Spring Into Summer, 1944 81(28)
Tubealloy: The Quest for Product
99(10)
6 To Work 109(24)
Tubealloy: The Couriers
131(2)
7 Rhythms Of Life 133(23)
Tubealloy: Security, Censorship, and the Press
151(5)
8 The One About The Fireflies 156(20)
Tubealloy: Pumpkins, Spies, and Chicken Soup, Fall 1944
172(4)
9 The Unspoken: Sweethearts And Secrets 176(17)
Tubealloy: Combining Efforts in the New Year
191(2)
10 Curiosity And Silence 193(16)
Tubealloy: The Project's Crucial Spring
205(4)
11 Innocence Lost 209(23)
Tubealloy: Hope and the Haberdasher, April-Mays 1945
223(9)
12 Sand Jumps In The Desert, July 1945 232(17)
13 The Gadget Revealed. 249(20)
14 Dawn Of A Thousand Suns 269(17)
15 Life In The New Age 286(25)
Epilogue 311(6)
Notes 317(32)
Acknowledgments 349(4)
Index 353(20)
About the Author 373