Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nazi Germany had outfitted itself very effectively for conflict. The technology they possessed was superior to the United States on many fronts. Tanks that could make quick work of ours, and fighters planes with jet engines that were immensely superior to propellers. While this gave Germany an advantage, they also knew that they were not infallible. With this in mind they began nuclear experiments, putting the United States in a fever when they heard about it. When Germany learned how to split…

“Welcome to Hiroshima” was written by Mary Jo Salter in 1895. The poem was published 40 years after the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. The bombing happened on August 6th, 1945 approximately at 8:15. The bombing of Hiroshima killed nearly 140,000 civilians, and it was tragic event that made outside which was the United States. However, the title expressed a sense of welcome for the Americans. It has also shown that people in Hiroshima are open minded about the tragic past, and…

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” (J. Robert Oppenheimer) was what was said by one of the leading scientist in the United States’ process of creating the atomic bomb. During the second World War, desperation to win and end the war led to an international rush to make the first atomic bomb. The bomb was the weapon that was thought to be the weapon and the key to winning any war. In the United States’ effort to create this atomic weapon, the Manhattan Project was founded by…

What facet of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life led to the prominence of the person we know as “The Father of the Atomic Bomb”? Perhaps his prominence is best explained through his work on The Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and his coworkers worked tirelessly to produce a history altering advance in warfare -- known as the atomic bomb, warranting the nickname “The Father of the Atomic Bomb”. Perhaps Oppenheimer’s prominence is a direct reflection of his academic schooling and his intellect.…

(“Manhattan Project”). While its study, a highly fissionable element, Plutonium were created. From the extraction of U-235 from U-238, Scientists found that Uranium 238 were able to capture neutrons and to transform into a new element, Plutonium (National Park Service). Plutonium is currently used mostly at the power plant. Its fission generates huge amounts of energy. It is more stable than other Uranium, and safer for the transportation. The success of the chain reaction and the production of…

The headquarters of the Manhattan project was located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This was during World War II they developed a program that would be able to harness the power of fission. Then later known as the Manhattan project. The goal was to make the first atomic bomb. The reason why the Manhattan is called what it is because their original offices were in and around New York, but then late 1943 they moved down to a town later called Oak Ride, Tennessee. This town was specially designed for…

We see that communication and collaboration fueled the success of the project. However; there was an intentional censorship in communication between the military and government superiors and the Los Alamos laboratory so that the atomic development could be kept as a secret. This led to the most devastating ethical tragedy of the twentieth century. Many people expressed their disagreement with the use of atomic weapons. For example, some people decided to quit…

I think I’m a pretty easygoing and friendly person and I think living here in Los Alamos has made me that way. Growing up in a small town has given me a view that I couldn’t get from living in a big city. I live in Los Alamos New Mexico. One of the first things people notice when they get here is how dry the air is. Up here at 7,300 feet, there is virtually no humidity. We get a little bit when it rains but that doesn’t count. I was born and raised here and I like the dry air. When you breathe…

The opera Doctor Atomic by composer John Adams dramatizes the strenuous anxieties surrounding the Manhattan Project 's creation of the atomic bomb. The opera’s libretto using original sources, features in their own words the described tensions among the scientists involved in making the bomb. The 3-and-a-half-hour production follows the father of the atomic bomb, theatrical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, as he wrestles with “the pull between scientific rectitude and mass murder” while…

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Nuclear Spies Julius Rosenberg was born in New York City on 12 May 1918, the son of Russian immigrants. He attended Seward High School and upon graduation began studies at City College in 1934, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. During his time at City College that Julius became involved with the local chapter of the Young Communist League, a recruiting wing of the much larger US Communist Party. Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg was born in New…