The creation of atomic bombs involves the identification of many different theories. In 1905, Albert Einstein, a German physicist, discovered that large amounts of energy could be released from small amounts of matter. He then concluded this discovery with the equation of E=mc2, which states that energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. Due to this discovery, atomic bombs were identified as getting their explosive energy from fission reactions. Fission was discovered in December 17, 1938 by German scientist Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman. A year later, fission was explained more in depth by Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch. Nuclear fission can either be expressed through a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay and is a process in which
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They then concluded that they could split a uranium atom and make one of the most explosive bombs the world has ever seen. Albert Einstein soon became worried that Germany would create the atomic bomb and kill masses of humanity in the process of taking over the world. He sent a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt expressing his concern and on December 28, 1942 Roosevelt announced the creation of the Manhattan Project, to develop an atomic bomb that would eventually be dropped during World War II. The building of the atomic bomb was in Los Alamos and was overseen and directed by theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is now known as the “father of the atomic bomb”. On July 16, 1945, the first successful atomic bomb was tested and dropped in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The scientists who were a part of the Manhattan Project developed two types of atomic bombs, a uranium-based design called ‘The Little Boy’ and a plutonium-based weapon called ‘The Fat Man’. In July 1945, President Harry Truman called for Japan’s surrender, stating that if they did not there would be “prompt and utter
They then concluded that they could split a uranium atom and make one of the most explosive bombs the world has ever seen. Albert Einstein soon became worried that Germany would create the atomic bomb and kill masses of humanity in the process of taking over the world. He sent a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt expressing his concern and on December 28, 1942 Roosevelt announced the creation of the Manhattan Project, to develop an atomic bomb that would eventually be dropped during World War II. The building of the atomic bomb was in Los Alamos and was overseen and directed by theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is now known as the “father of the atomic bomb”. On July 16, 1945, the first successful atomic bomb was tested and dropped in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The scientists who were a part of the Manhattan Project developed two types of atomic bombs, a uranium-based design called ‘The Little Boy’ and a plutonium-based weapon called ‘The Fat Man’. In July 1945, President Harry Truman called for Japan’s surrender, stating that if they did not there would be “prompt and utter