Plutonium

The book, Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World by Jack Kelly is about the history of gunpowder, how it evolved to become more powerful and explosive, and how it affected the many wars that occurred. Gunpowder was first invented by Chinese alchemists around 1110 A.D. They called the perfect mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur "fire drug," before it was known as gunpowder. The Chinese used the powder primarily for making noise…

The Second World War took place between 1939 and 1945. On 7 December 1941, Japan attacked the USA’s naval base in Pearl Harbor. On 6 August 1945 and 9 August 1945, the USA dropped two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, causing around 210,000 deaths in total. Japan had no choice but to surrender and it marked the end of the world war. The bombing had a disastrous impact on Japan and many people from different nations were involved in this event. It brought long term…

Introduction During the concluding stages of World War 2, on August 6, 8:15 am, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by a B-29 bomber, known as ‘Enola Gay’. The bomb was released by parachute and exploded at around 590 metres above the city. About 45,000 people were killed instantly and the final death toll was about 70,000 people because of the radiation precipitated by the explosion. What have I found? Nuclear weapons instantly kill…

The United States government, along with a few others, were the first to witness the destruction caused by the atomic bomb after the success of the Manhattan project on July 16, 1945. However, less than a month later, on August 6, the rest of the world also witnessed the power of atomic energy with the bombing of Hiroshima. Only three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and the combined casualties from the two bombs is uncertain, but are estimated to be close to two hundred thousand…

Transcript for RECOUNT ORIENTATION In the town of Northwood, a small petrol station was combusted in a small explosion. Later details revealed that a lit match was thrown in a puddle of gasoline. As the fire spread, it hit the engine of a small car, causing a large explosion. Said explosion resulted in the death of two people: A store clerk who went outside to investigate, and the owner of the car, Aisha Holst. It is believed that the act of arson had been an accident, but later details…

Julius Robert Oppenheimer, also called the “Father of the Atomic Bomb”, was born on April the 22nd of 1904. Oppenheimer was a prominent bright student from the beginning, graduating valedictorian from his high school in 1921 and summa cum laude in 1925 at Harvard. Oppenheimer majored in chemistry although he excelled at a wide variety of subjects, including physics. The United States’ government was warned by Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard about the incoming destruction if the Nazis were to…

Towards the end of the decade it was a victorious time for the African American people in the south because the schools were being integrated, and they were finally getting the freedom they deserved. The music of the 1950’s was dramatically changed by these events and in some cases is the voice used by the people to get their voice heard on a national level. In the 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed 80,000 people. In the early…

The 2009 film “Watchmen” directed by Zack Snyder follows a group of retired superheroes as they investigate a conspiracy that’s brought up against them with a disturbing underlying plot. Along with following these heroes, we’re shown the history of these characters leading up to this point. One of the members of the group, Dr. Manhattan (formerly Jon Osterman) is the only characters in the group with actual super powers. His story explains that Jon was born in 1929 and was the son of a…

Rahul Das Mrs.Miller ELA 7th Grade 1 March 2016 Many years people have been mining 370 meters under the earth to find uranium and make nuclear energy, and the after result is nuclear waste. Nuclear waste is a problem we had for decades. The 3 Mile Island is one of the biggest nuclear problem we, and yet barely any of the nuclear waste got out it caused a huge amount of damage to the environment. Not everybody will agree that nuclear waste can be used for good because nuclear waste did take…

The Manhattan Project was a project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It all started when Einstein found out the Germans were working on a new and more powerful weapon for war. Einstein wrote a letter to the president which helped initiate the effort to build an atomic bomb. In December 1941 the government launched the Manhattan project. The project was originally named Development of Substitute Materials. It included over 30 different research and production…