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Hace 4 días · The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was directed by Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
14 de jun. de 2024 · The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, killing about 210,000 people.
17 de jun. de 2024 · The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, killing about 210,000 people.
Hace 4 días · Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. MWT (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki , Japan ...
Hace 1 día · Once the public learned of the Manhattan Project after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Oppenheimer—suddenly a household name as the "father of the atomic bomb"—became a national spokesman for science, emblematic of a new type of technocratic power; he appeared on the covers of Life and Time.
Hace 4 días · J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist behind the Manhattan Project, played a pivotal role in developing atomic weapons and forever changed the course of history with his contributions to nuclear science.
10 de jun. de 2024 · Columbia was awarded the first federal contract to explore the use of atomic power for energy, or for bombs, and had the first atomic pile. Because the work was done for the government, most records relating to what is now known as the Manhattan Project are under the custody of the National Archives.
