Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin Parents ISBN13: 9780376030818 ISBN10: 037603081X Material

ISBN13: 9780376030818 ISBN10: 037603081X Material Type: paperback

weaves together a vivid cast of characters

and there are some who would not have it weakened further by an impure queen

ISBN13: 9780025511200 ISBN10: 0025511203 Material Type: hardcover

Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin Parents ISBN13: 9780376030818 ISBN10: 037603081X MaterialIn March 1943 Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin took a position that catapulted her into the center of the Manhattan Project. Her office, 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe New Mexico, was the entry point for all scientists, technicians, and their families who came to Los Alamos, an isolated mesa in north central New Mexico, to build a gadget that would change the course of World War II. They also built a community where people attempted to lead ordinary