Los Alamos Primer
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Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Los Alamos Primer canonical | 4 |
| The Los Alamos Primer | 1 |
| The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1511480 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Los Alamos Primer Context triple: [Robert Serber, notableWork, Los Alamos Primer]
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A.
MAUD Report
The MAUD Report was a secret 1941 British scientific assessment that concluded an atomic bomb was feasible and helped spur the U.S. Manhattan Project.
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B.
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project
"Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project" is a firsthand historical account of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, written by the U.S. Army general who directed the project.
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C.
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb is a historical nonfiction book that examines the lives, motivations, and moral dilemmas of the key scientists behind the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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D.
Frisch–Peierls memorandum
The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was a pivotal 1940 document by physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls that first outlined the feasibility of a small, practical uranium-based atomic bomb, helping to catalyze British and later Allied nuclear weapons research.
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E.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Los Alamos Primer Target entity description: Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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A.
MAUD Report
The MAUD Report was a secret 1941 British scientific assessment that concluded an atomic bomb was feasible and helped spur the U.S. Manhattan Project.
-
B.
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project
"Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project" is a firsthand historical account of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, written by the U.S. Army general who directed the project.
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C.
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb is a historical nonfiction book that examines the lives, motivations, and moral dilemmas of the key scientists behind the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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D.
Frisch–Peierls memorandum
The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was a pivotal 1940 document by physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls that first outlined the feasibility of a small, practical uranium-based atomic bomb, helping to catalyze British and later Allied nuclear weapons research.
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E.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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lecture notes ⓘ technical report ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
|
| associatedWithProject | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| author | Robert Serber ⓘ |
| classifiedStatus | originally classified ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| contains |
assumptions about material properties of uranium-235 and plutonium-239
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diagrams of bomb configurations ⓘ estimates of explosive yield ⓘ mathematical derivations of critical conditions for fission ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfFirstDelivery | April 1943 ⓘ |
| declassificationStatus | later declassified ⓘ |
| declassificationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| field |
nuclear physics
ⓘ
weapons engineering ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | LA-1 ⓘ |
| hasIdentifier | LA-1 ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Los Alamos Primer
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer
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| historicalSignificance |
earliest comprehensive technical summary of atomic bomb design for Los Alamos staff
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key document in the organization of theoretical work at Los Alamos ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | scientists at Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Los Alamos Laboratory report series ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | typewritten report ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstDelivery | Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ |
| purpose |
to introduce newly arrived scientists to the basic physics of nuclear fission weapons
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to outline design concepts for the first atomic bombs ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | development of the first atomic bombs ⓘ |
| relatedToPerson |
Enrico Fermi
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Hans Bethe ⓘ J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| relatedToWeapon |
Fat Man
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Little Boy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| topic |
chain reactions
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critical mass ⓘ efficiency of fission weapons ⓘ gun-type nuclear weapons ⓘ implosion-type nuclear weapons ⓘ neutron diffusion ⓘ neutron physics ⓘ nuclear fission ⓘ tamper and reflector effects ⓘ weapon design ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Serber ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1943 ⓘ |
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Subject: Los Alamos Primer Description of subject: Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb
this entity surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer