摘要: |
The development of the first atomic bombs during World War II required the design and construction of three "secret cities" at which the work could be completed. Currently commemorated in an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D. C., the three cities arose in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and the Hanford/Richland area of Washington State. The exhibition highlights how these sites which did not appear on the maps of their day-reflected cutting-edge ideas about design, engineering, and planning and ultimately became important proving grounds for large-scale developments in the postwar world. |