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Why They Called It the Manhattan Project

The New York Times: By nature, code names and cover stories are meant to give no indication of the secrets concealed. “Magic” was the name for intelligence gleaned from Japanese ciphers in World War II, and “Overlord” stood for the Allied plan to invade Europe.

Posted by Physics Today on October 30, 2007 11:09 AM |

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