{"product_id":"polonium-in-the-playhouse-the-manhattan-projects-secret-chemistry-work-in-dayton-ohio-paperback","title":"Polonium in the Playhouse: The Manhattan Project's Secret Chemistry Work in Dayton, Ohio - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Carrick Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the race to build an atomic bomb, an indoor tennis court in one of the Midwest's most affluent residential neighborhoods became a secret Manhattan Project laboratory. \u003ci\u003ePolonium in the Playhouse: The Manhattan Project's Secret Chemistry Work in Dayton, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e presents the intriguing story of how this most unlikely site in Dayton, Ohio, became one of the most classified portions of the Manhattan Project. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seized by the War Department in 1944 for the bomb project, the Runnymede Playhouse was transformed into a polonium processing facility, providing a critical radioactive ingredient for the bomb initiator-the mechanism that triggered a chain reaction. With the help of a Soviet spy working undercover at the site, it was also key to the Soviet Union's atomic bomb program. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The work was directed by industrial chemist Charles Allen Thomas who had been chosen by J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves to coordinate Manhattan Project chemistry and metallurgy. As one of the nation's first science administrators, Thomas was responsible for choreographing the plutonium work at Los Alamos and the Project's key laboratories. The elegant glass-roofed building belonged to his wife's family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving Manhattan Project history with the life and work of the scientist, industrial leader and singing-showman Thomas, \u003ci\u003ePolonium in the Playhouse\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look at the vast and complicated program that changed world history and introduces the men and women who raced against time to build the initiator for the bomb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Carrick Thomas is a freelance writer and editor. A former newspaper journalist and assistant director in higher education communications, she was raised in Boston and San Diego and lives in Indiana. She is the granddaughter of Manhattan Project administrator and industrial chemist Charles Allen Thomas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445950116147,"sku":"9780814254042","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RzExV3VYMjFEcVJYbUhncnEzODFzUT09.webp?v=1758974216","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/polonium-in-the-playhouse-the-manhattan-projects-secret-chemistry-work-in-dayton-ohio-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}