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Justin The Atomic Bomb Basics =The Manhattan Project-= The Manhattan Project was created shortly after the war began in 1942 to produce the first atomic bomb. The agency that was responsible for this was the Corps of Engineers Manhattan Branch. The leader of this project was physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Research activities took place in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Other activities were in places like Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This idea came about when the war started and the government decided to help the war end quicker. =The Father of The Bomb-= American Physicist J.Robert Oppenheimer was the director and builder of the atomic bomb. He was born in 1904 and died in 1967. He graduated from Harvard in three years. He also received a medical degree from the University of Gorringen in Germany. From 1943 to 1945 he directed the lab at Los Alamos, New Mexico where he and others designed and built the atomic bomb. Also from 1947 to 1952 Oppenheimer headed the advisory committee of the newly formed Atomic Energy Commission. In 1953, Oppenheimer's loyalty to the United States was questioned. He was being accused of this because of his opposition to the creation of the hydrogen bomb.

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The atomic bomb was a very complex thing to make. It was mainly made of purified uranium-235. The most difficult thing about this was extracting the uranium metal. The ratio for uranium ore to uranium metal is 500 to 1. The main explosion of the bomb was achieved by plutonium. This creation of the bomb mattered because with out it America would have risked more casualties of each side. Estimated death tolls on Japans side was 6 million. =EXTRA FOCUS-= Albert Einstein was born in 1879 and died in 1955. Einstein was one of the most famous scientist in the 1900's and one of the most important of all time. Einsteins greatness came from his theories, like his theory of relativity. He also became famous for his political causes. Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Southern Germany. Einstein had a sister named Maria who recalled him being slow to talk. Einstein also demonstrated amazing concentration skills at a young age. At age 6 he attended primary school where he became a skilled violinist. After he graduated from high school he attended college in Zurich, Switzerland which at the time was a top ranked school. After finishing school he began making theories and got a job as a scientist. He and Oppenheimer were very much involved in the blue prints of the bomb. ===Importance In History- The importance of this in history was that it was the first and only nuclear weapon to be used ever. It also taught people the power of these weapons of mass destruction. It also started the beginnings of the race for better bombs. The things we learned about this was that the affects of the bomb can be felt today. We also learned the real power of them. Lastly that in truth the bombs did help the war end quicker.=== Works Cited 1Garmon, Lucille B. "Manhattan Project." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007 Highland Middle School 2/5/07 . 2. "Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945." DISCovering World History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Cook Memorial Public Library. 13 Feb. 2007 <[|http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=SRC-1&docId=EJ2105240561&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=ccscm&version=1.0>.] 3. Book Cite Fermi,Rachel,Samer,Esther.PicturingTheBombs.CopyrightNewYorkAtimesMirriorCompany