The Manhattan District was established on 18 June 1942, was meant to appear to outsiders as another Army Corps of Engineers district, it was named after the city where its headquarters was located. There were three primary Manhattan Project sites - Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico - accounted for the bulk of the development and assembly work for the bomb, though important work took place in many places around the country. Manhattan was the location of key early work, including the organization of the Manhattan Project. The Corps created this unique district in the during World War II to help camouflage the most secret of efforts - the building of the atomic bomb (“HEADQUARTERS”). The Main objective of this project was to develop a nuclear weapon before Nazi Germany could build and use one during World War II.
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His demeanor did not win him any friends among the scientists on the Project. Many detested him at the time, considering him a buffoon. It was only after the war that many scientists began to appreciate how crucial his organizational and managerial genius was to the Manhatten Engineering District (Manhattan).
The moral dilemma of how to actually use of the atomic bomb was at the forefront. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project, has been famously quoted upon witnessing the first test of an atomic bomb, "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The world may never face another scientific and ethical dilemma like nuclear weapons. Technology is constantly changing and there are a number of developments that will cause moral debate. Most scientific discoveries can be utilized for multiple purposes. Just because there is a potentially harmful application does not mean the concepts, techniques or even technologies should not be pursued
His demeanor did not win him any friends among the scientists on the Project. Many detested him at the time, considering him a buffoon. It was only after the war that many scientists began to appreciate how crucial his organizational and managerial genius was to the Manhatten Engineering District (Manhattan).
The moral dilemma of how to actually use of the atomic bomb was at the forefront. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project, has been famously quoted upon witnessing the first test of an atomic bomb, "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The world may never face another scientific and ethical dilemma like nuclear weapons. Technology is constantly changing and there are a number of developments that will cause moral debate. Most scientific discoveries can be utilized for multiple purposes. Just because there is a potentially harmful application does not mean the concepts, techniques or even technologies should not be pursued