Los Alamos

Los Alamos

Los Alamos usually refers to the U.S. national laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico which was founded during the World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb (the Manhattan Project). The facility was one of the two laboratories developing the USA's nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and is today a major laboratory for both classified and unclassified scientific research:
*Los Alamos National Laboratory

(See also: Bradbury Science Museum - the museum that is part of the Los Alamos.)

It is also the name of a number of geographical locations in the USA:
*Los Alamos, California
*Los Alamos, New Mexico — the city where the laboratory is located
*Los Alamos Ranch School — the boys' school the laboratory replaced
*Los Alamos County, New MexicoAnd in Chile:
*Los ÁlamosAt least one ship also carried the name:
*"Los Alamos (AFDB-7)" was a large floating dry dock.

It is also the name of a book by the photographer William Eggleston.


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  • Los Alamos, CA — U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 1372 Housing Units (2000): 488 Land area (2000): 2.354300 sq. miles (6.097608 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.354300 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Los Alamos —   [lɔs æləməʊs], Stadt in New Mexico, USA, 2 225 m über dem Meeresspiegel, 60 km nordwestlich von Santa Fe, 11 500 Einwohner; Sitz des Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).   …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Los Alamos — [lôs al′ə mōs΄, läs] [Sp, lit., the poplars] town in NC N.Mex., near Santa Fe: site of nuclear energy facility where the atomic bomb was developed: pop. 12,000 …   English World dictionary

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