An introduction to an Interview with Dr. James B. Conant : the Manhattan Project as seen by Dr. Conant, and a commentary on the unprecedented and what it has left us / by John C. Landers. 1974.

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An introduction to an Interview with Dr. James B. Conant : the Manhattan Project as seen by Dr. Conant, and a commentary on the unprecedented and what it has left us / by John C. Landers. 1974.

Consists of interview transcript (30 pp.) and introduction (9 pp.); if a third part, the commentary, was written, it is lacking.

9, 30 p. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8186555

Harvard University Archives.

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Landers, John C.

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...