Plutonium

Nuclear weaponry is perhaps the most dangerous technology developed by civilized society. When a mad man rises to power with such weapons at his disposal it is a threat to the civilized world. Furthermore, these threats should be handled with the utmost importance to ensure the safety of our communities. The international community shall not take these threats lightly. North Korea is a nuclear country run by a malevolent dictator; therefore, military action may be the only solution to eliminate…

The Manhattan Project was a secret project name for the production of the atomic bomb by the United States of America. It was named the Manhattan Project because most of the research was done in New York City. The reason why all of this research ever started was because of the Japanese. They got the United States into the war in the first place. No one except a couple of scientists knew they were really working on the project. There were nearly 125,000 people working on the nuclear bomb but only…

What is the most important element of an engineer’s job? Speed or safety? There is no doubt that most engineers choose the public’s safety as their first priority instead of speed, for even a small difference between draft and reality can lead to engineering disaster. For some engineers who hold the speed as the highest goal, they had left several sever disasters caused by flaws in their engineering design; from their unforgettable experience, engineers put more thought in to the design before…

designs and theories, however the final design was a true masterpiece of engineering. Unlike the Hydrogen bomb, which uses nuclear fusion, the Atomic bomb uses nuclear fission. According to The Atomic Heritage Foundation“The isotopes uranium-235 and plutonium-239 were selected by the atomic scientists because they readily undergo fission … When a uranium-235 atom absorbs a neutron and fissions into two new atoms, it releases three new neutrons and some binding energy … This causes a nuclear…

The absolute genius of Allen Ginsberg doesn’t need to be sought for long before it is found in his poems. Classics such as The Blue Angel, My Sad Self, War Profit Litany, Nagasaki Days, Paterson, To Aunt Rose, and Sphincter all display the masterful craft Ginsberg has honed. Yet, in order for one to understand his work, one must examine his life. Born in Newark, NJ in 1926 to a Jewish family, which greatly influenced his life. His father was a gifted scholar and amateur poet. He frequently…

10:30. The bomb arrives in New York City. 2:45. The wires are set in place. 3:00. Children run through the park. 3:01. The city is obliterated; a smoldering pile of ashes. The threat of nuclear terrorism is authentic, as well as the threat of nuclear accidents and environmental disruption. Nuclear energy, otherwise known as nuclear fusion, is the process used in nuclear reactors to provide energy using a highly radioactive element called uranium. The energy produced in a uranium atom is…

In late 1939, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard, two world-renowned physicists, brought to light a new technology that could change the act of war: nuclear fission. Scientists now had the ability to split an atom’s nucleus and trigger an extremely destructive explosion. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, hesitant at first, agreed to the creation of The Manhattan Project with the goal of harnessing the newly found power source and developing a nuclear weapon. The United States had finally entered…

information was highly classified and the public knew little to nothing about it (Remember). The leader of this project was a man named J. Robert Oppenheimer. He ran the tests in a military area in New Mexico (History). The scientists used Uranium and Plutonium to create the atomic bombs. The idea to get all that energy originally came from Albert Einstein. Nazi-Germany was also working on this technology and if Albert Einstein hadn’t immigrated to the United States to run from the Jewish…

In week 3, we read a blog article that was published by The Logic of Science from August 2016, called “Are scientists arrogant, close-minded, and dismissive?” This article discusses the occurrence of complaints filed against scientists, and provides logical and rational objections to those claims. It is interesting to note that the author does not identify himself due to the endless assaults toward the provided information in the blog, but strives to teach critical thinking skills to defend…

An Ethical Examination of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Introduction Nuclear weapons are destructive weapons that cause extreme damage both in the short term and over long periods of time, often more than a century. The use of weapons of this magnitude is often questioned as they cause unnecessary death and environmental damage. The nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were catastrophic events in human history, with the death toll estimated at around 225,000 people between the bombings (Asian…