AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUE. PART 40: THE SCIENTIFIC OPENING OF THE METHOD OF EXPLOSIVE IMPLOSION FOR THE OBTAINING ABOVE CRITICAL MASS OF NUCLEAR CHARGE AND UKRAINIAN «TRACK» IN THE «MANHATTAN» AMERICAN ATOMIC

• Date: 2017
• Main Author: Baranov, M. I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Аnatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine 2017
• Subjects: history of creation in the USA and USSR of the first standards of nuclear weapon; atomic bomb; critical mass of nuclear explosive; nuclear explosion; methods of «cannon-shot» and «explosive implosion» for an atomic bomb; chemical explosive matter; 621.3; 537.8; 910.4
• Online Access: http://eie.khpi.edu.ua/article/view/2074-272X.2017.5.01
• Journal Title: Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics

Purpose. Preparation of short scientifically-historical essay about the prominent American scientist-chemist and physicist George Bogdan Kistiakowsky, having the Ukrainian «roots» and bringing in a considerable scientific and technical contribution to development and creation of the first atomic bom...