THEY CHANGED THE WORLD
People of the Manhattan Project

      “aj Melnick has produced a valuable document about the unheralded men and women who played a vital behind-the-scenes role in the Manhattan Project. Her sympathetic photo-portraits combined with the lively, often poignant vignettes of her subjects make this a book worthy of every library of American history.”
      —Norman Mauskopf, documentary photographer and author of A Time Not Here: The Mississippi Delta
     
            “This book captures so well the personalities of the people, both famous and ordinary, who shaped the Manhattan Project, one of the great adventure stories in American history.”
      —John Rhoades Director, Bradbury Science Museum at Los Alamos National Laboratory
     
      “This book presents the poignant stories of the incongruous aspects of small town life, secrecy, national security, and great scientific achievements. Melnick has captured the flavor and spirit of the people of Los Alamos.”
      —James Walther, Director, National Atomic Museum
     
            “Melnick has pinpointed in time the people who worked on the Manhattan Project with wonderful images and anecdotes. An important collection.”
      —Lucian Niemeyer, author and photographer of Africa, The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan
     
            “Through photographs and their stories, aj Melnick gives voice and life to the people of the Manhattan Project and preserves a piece of history that helps recall a time and place that changed forever the world we live in.”
      —Anthony O’Brien, The Marion Center of Photographic Arts, University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico