Otto Hahn

What is an atomic bomb? Well, an atomic bomb is a bomb that derives its destructive power from a rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity. In 1938, German scientists Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission. (iaea.org) Nuclear fission is when “the nucleus of an atom splits in two equal fragments, which…

Bomb My book was on the race to build and steal the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb was being created in the U.S and they took some of the smartest people to try to help build it because they were trying to split atoms. It played probably the biggest role in world war 2 because if they had not gotten the 2 bombs made in time the Japanese could have ended up winning the war but instead they got it finished and they dropped them on japan. Maybe the person who played the biggest part in the building…

Nuclear Energy From flipping a switch to see the other end of your room at night, to developing this very document, electricity is a necessity humans in our country may simply never live without. We’ve learned to adapt to a society that has only taught us how to utilize its purpose, but are rarely taught about the consequences caused by generating the electricity through coal mines, and that there are alternative options to save our planet. Nuclear energy is alternative energy source…

Meitner, a very big role in the discovering of nuclear fission. She worked for a solid 30 years with the man who had betrayed her in the end. Around when the Nazis invaded Austria they completed the work through secret meetings under the radar. After, Otto Hahn, the man who worked with Lise for the 30 years, published a book about "his" findings without putting Lise anywhere to get recognition.…

riches or do you leave it to the American’s to stay loyal. This is what Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs went through in the book “Bomb: The Race to Build-and-Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin. Now our story starts in 1938 when Otto Hahn accidentally discovers atomic fission during an experiment in his lab, he sets off a chain of events that forever change the world. As the words spreads through the scientific community, it quickly becomes evident that splitting uranium atoms…

Bascomb, Neal The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb. Book Critique Alvie Diaz HIST 3200 - American Government Dr. James R. Moulton 24th October 2017 Bascomb, Neal The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb. Book Critique In April 1940, Germany invaded Norway. During this time of period, World War II was going on throughout the world. The importance of the fact that Germany invaded Norway is because there was a…

German T- Shell, which combined with gas, was in accordance “with The Hague Land Warfare Conventions. Besides of, the situation of the static trenches war produced an alarming risk of shrapnel thousands of soldiers without any cause. Even with that Otto Hahn (a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) wrote his experience, I was very ashamed and deeply agitated. First we attracted the Russians with our gas, and then, when we saw the poor chaps lying on the ground and slowing dying, we restored their…

The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a stepping stone for the United States of America, it would change the meaning of war forever. The development of the first Atomic bomb would put America in the lead, surpassing our enemies in World War II. The Project was one of the most secretive projects in the history of The United States and was a turning point in the history of twentieth-century science. This new bomb had the potential of nuclear annihilation and was also one of the most…

The book Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a thrilling, fast-paced story that refines a great deal of history into interesting and understandable literature for practically any age reader. The author, Steve Sheinkin, writes to tell the story of the first atomic bomb, the people who made it possible, and those who challenged its progress. Any person who is interested in science and history, or who likes “a quick read” can easily understand the creation of…

In 1933, the first of Hitler 's anti-semitic laws were passed. These discriminatory laws stripped all "non-Aryans" of their teaching posts. With the laws came hatred towards the Jewish people as a whole, including members of the scientific community. When it became difficult to continue their research, or even live safely, many scientists chose to flee to institutions of higher learning in either the United States or Great Britain. Albert Einstein and Hungarian born Leo Szilard were two such…