A Biography of Leslie R. Groves

9320369戈德堡自从第二次世界大战以来，美国一直致力于为这个国家面临的问题找到一个“快速科学解决方案”。 在此之前，它是“对癌症的战争”，将在相对较短的时间内找到治愈方法。 目前，活动家们正在呼吁一个“曼哈顿计划”的艾滋病，以找到一个立即治愈这种可怕的疾病。 当这些项目失败时，被引导为这些“曼哈顿式”项目付出巨大代价的公众理所当然地对科学产生了怀疑--即使是那些玩世不恭的政客做出了这些承诺。 考虑到这些问题，让公众了解曼哈顿计划成功的原因和方式，以及目前的项目如何适合或不适合战时努力所呈现的模式，这一点至关重要。 戈德堡博士正在继续这项任务。 戈德堡博士正在完成他对莱斯利将军的研究。格罗夫斯，曼哈顿工程区的总指挥。 戈德堡博士的目的是提供一个背景下了解谁是格罗夫斯将军，为什么他被选来领导原子弹项目，以及特点，使他的管理项目如此有效。 他还在探索为什么这些同样的特征在战后对他如此不利。 大多数对曼哈顿计划的论述都集中在那些在创纪录的时间内解决的技术难题上，或者集中在原子弹的发展对战争结束和战后外交史的影响上。 通过在对格罗夫斯将军的研究中考察曼哈顿计划，人们立即面临着评估他的组织哲学以及格罗夫斯的行政风格和他创建的行政机制对该计划成功的重要性的需要。 ***

9320369 Goldberg Ever since World War II, the United States has endeavored to find a "quick scientific fix" for the problems confronting this nation. Previously, it was the "War on Cancer" that would find a cure within a relatively short period of time. Currently, activists are calling for a "Manhattan Project" for AIDS to find an immediate cure for that dreaded disease. When these projects fail, the public which has been led to foot the massive costs of these "Manhattan-like" projects rightly becomes skeptical of science-- even if it is the case that it was the politicians who cynically made these promises. Given these problems, it is critically important for the public to understand why and how the Manhattan Project succeeded and how current projects may or may not fit the model that that war-time effort presents. It is this task which Dr. Goldberg is continuing with this grant. Dr. Goldberg is completing his study of General Leslie R. Groves, Commanding General of the Manhattan Engineer District. Dr. Goldberg aims to provide a context of understanding who General Groves was, why he was picked to head the atomic bomb project, and the characteristics that made his administration of the project so effective. He is also exploring the reasons why these very same characteristics served him so poorly after the war. Most treatments of the Manhattan Project focus on the technical puzzles which were solved in record time or on the impact of the development of the bomb on end-of-the-war and post-war diplomatic history. By examining the Manhattan Project in the context of a study of General Groves, one is immediately confronted with the need to assess his philosophy of organization and the importance to the success of the project of Groves' administrative style and the administrative machinery he created. ***