History of science
Title: Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
Information: http://alsos.wlu.edu/ The Alsos digital library is a Web-based collection of references to resources that offer a broad, balanced perspective of topics relating to the origins, functions, and legacies of the Manhattan Project. The critical task of the Alsos project is to integrate these references into a structured collection that allows users to examine this important period of history from many perspectives. The goal of the Alsos project is to provide a wide range of references for the study of the Manhattan Project to as large an audience as possible. The materials referenced includes books, articles, videos, images, and web sites. We anticipate this project will strengthen the quality of education by connecting different disciplines, issues, and ideas surrounding nuclear weapons. The searching and indexing tools will link the components of Alsos and facilitate the exploration of these materials for general readers and specialists alike. The first Alsos Project involved gathering information on the atomic bomb. Alsos was the code name for the U. S. Army's intelligence unit assigned to collect information on the German atomic bomb projects. This unit landed in France in June 1944 and followed the US forces into Germany. The activities of the unit are chronicled in "Alsos" by Samuel Goudsmit, Tomash Publishers/American Institute of Physics, University Park, MD, 1983.
Category: History of science