Niels Bohr Ethics and Involvement in Manhattan Project
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist that made numerous contributions to the study and understanding of the atomic structure and quantum theory. He was involved in the Manhattan Project that on its own have its wrong and rights. Bohr supported the peaceful implementation of atomic energy and feel open about different nation consideration to nuclear weapons. Niels Bohr was born on October 7 ,1885 he later enrolled in Copenhagen University in 1903 as an undergraduate. He earned his Master’s degree in Physics in 1909 and later received his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 1911. Bohr was recognized for his work on the structure of the atoms and was award the Nobel Prize …show more content…
In 1936 he pointed out that in the nuclear processes the smallness of the region in which interactions take place, as well as the strength of these interactions. Which justify the transition processes to be described more in a classical way than in the case of atoms (Neutron capture and nuclear constitution, Nature,137(1936)344) "Niels Bohr." Web. 14 May 2016. He portrays a very good picture of the nucleus by using the liquid drop. Which was called the liquid droplet theory that help permitted the understanding of the mechanism of the nuclear fission. With the help of the model of the nucleus, Bohr realized that soon after the discovery of the uranium fission, that the isotope U-235 fissioned by slow neutrons. As a result, the discovery was later put to use in the instrumenting and development of the atomic bomb. It during World War II, where Nazi occupied Denmark, Bohr was aware of the German nuclear research. He was later forced to flee the German authorities because of his Jewish background. Where he escaped to Sweden and spent the last two years of the war in England and the United …show more content…
He slowly acquires an important role as the senior consultant in the Manhattan Project. Though he was also concerned about the potential of a nuclear arms race and he believed that the atomic secrets should be shared by the international scientific community. Characteristically, Bohr thought that while the threat of nuclear annihilation could become the "greatest disaster", it could also become "one of the greatest boons to mankind". (J. Robert Oppenheimer papers, Box 34, Felix Frankfurter memorandum to Sec. of War Stimson, April 26, 1945, Library of Congress).
During World War II Bohr did not argue against the using of the atomic bomb, but instead focused on his message of international control and being scientifically openness. After the two atomic bomb was used on Japan. Bohr told friends that, "The frightening thing was... that it was not necessary at all" (Niels Blaedel, Harmony and Unity: The Life of Niels Bohr, pg. 233). A British nuclear historian Margaret Gowing wrote that Bohr's son Aage said his father "privately deplored the spirit in which the bomb had been used" (Gowing in French and Kennedy, pg.
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist that made numerous contributions to the study and understanding of the atomic structure and quantum theory. He was involved in the Manhattan Project that on its own have its wrong and rights. Bohr supported the peaceful implementation of atomic energy and feel open about different nation consideration to nuclear weapons. Niels Bohr was born on October 7 ,1885 he later enrolled in Copenhagen University in 1903 as an undergraduate. He earned his Master’s degree in Physics in 1909 and later received his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen in 1911. Bohr was recognized for his work on the structure of the atoms and was award the Nobel Prize …show more content…
In 1936 he pointed out that in the nuclear processes the smallness of the region in which interactions take place, as well as the strength of these interactions. Which justify the transition processes to be described more in a classical way than in the case of atoms (Neutron capture and nuclear constitution, Nature,137(1936)344) "Niels Bohr." Web. 14 May 2016. He portrays a very good picture of the nucleus by using the liquid drop. Which was called the liquid droplet theory that help permitted the understanding of the mechanism of the nuclear fission. With the help of the model of the nucleus, Bohr realized that soon after the discovery of the uranium fission, that the isotope U-235 fissioned by slow neutrons. As a result, the discovery was later put to use in the instrumenting and development of the atomic bomb. It during World War II, where Nazi occupied Denmark, Bohr was aware of the German nuclear research. He was later forced to flee the German authorities because of his Jewish background. Where he escaped to Sweden and spent the last two years of the war in England and the United …show more content…
He slowly acquires an important role as the senior consultant in the Manhattan Project. Though he was also concerned about the potential of a nuclear arms race and he believed that the atomic secrets should be shared by the international scientific community. Characteristically, Bohr thought that while the threat of nuclear annihilation could become the "greatest disaster", it could also become "one of the greatest boons to mankind". (J. Robert Oppenheimer papers, Box 34, Felix Frankfurter memorandum to Sec. of War Stimson, April 26, 1945, Library of Congress).
During World War II Bohr did not argue against the using of the atomic bomb, but instead focused on his message of international control and being scientifically openness. After the two atomic bomb was used on Japan. Bohr told friends that, "The frightening thing was... that it was not necessary at all" (Niels Blaedel, Harmony and Unity: The Life of Niels Bohr, pg. 233). A British nuclear historian Margaret Gowing wrote that Bohr's son Aage said his father "privately deplored the spirit in which the bomb had been used" (Gowing in French and Kennedy, pg.