Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill 2006 Phys. Educ. 41 493 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/41/6/001
Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill
Show affiliationsCurrent physics textbooks tend to exclude military applications, but it is explained here how a study of the Manhattan project—the devastatingly successful attempt to develop an atomic bomb—can show students how the lives and work of physicists are shaped by events in society. Much of the original source material is available in books and on the internet (and referenced here), which allows students to discover the views of the scientists for themselves.
Issue 6 (November 2006)
Received 15 August 2006, in final form 29 August 2006
Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill 2006 Phys. Educ. 41 493
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