The Atomic Bomb John D. Krause American History 212 Dr. Matthew McCabe December 10, 2009 On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify U-235, which might in turn be used to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly thereafter that the United States began the Manhattan Project. Simply put, the Manhattan Project was committed to expedient research and production of a viable atomic bomb. Needless to say, the atomic bomb has been one of the greatest sources of controversy and debate since the two bombs were detonated.
Finally, the nuclear electromagnetic pulse is made of extremely strong magnetic fields. This pulse disturbs the radio contacts and destroys and electronic devices (“The Atom Bomb – the development of the atomic bomb, the uses of the atomic bomb”). So what all happened to Japan when the first two atomic bombs
This concerned the US, so Albert Einstein and a refugee from Germany warned President Roosevelt that Germany was planning on building an Atomic Bomb. They then started an American Research Project on it. Roosevelt responded by setting up an Uranium Committee whish reported that it would be possible to create an Atomic Bomb . Research on Atomic Bombs increased when the United states entered World War II. soon after word American and British forces joined to work together against Germany, this ends being the Manhattan Project.
To what extent was the nuclear arms race a stabilising factor in the cold war between 1949 and 1963? The nuclear arms race was very much a stabilising factor in the cold war, nuclear weapons were never used in an aggressive way. It was more the fear of each country using nuclear weapons against one another that aided the stabilisation of the cold war. It allowed the cold war to continue to be dormant and lives were not lost as a result of a catastrophic explosion. And with the cold war the likelihood would have been that once one side had launched a nuclear bomb, the other would and the cold war would have turned into a world- wide disaster.
The atomic bomb is a weapon with great explosive power that results form the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission of the nuclei (World War 2 Database). This new destructive force wrecked havoc on two Japanese cities and caused the end of World War II. It also saved thousands of American lives because a ground
A Response to: The Day After Trinity HIS 262 Ellen Bardo Pennsylvania College of Technology February 13, 2010 The Day After Trinity is the documentation of the development of the atomic bomb, the original weapon of mass destruction, by the United States due to the belief that Hitler and Nazi Germany were pursuing the development of the atomic bomb. This concern, with regard to the possible consequences that would result from the development of the atom bomb by Nazi Germany, justified the entry of the United States into the race to develop the ultimate weapon. Robert Oppenheimer, prominent physicist, joined the research group dedicated to developing the atom bomb in the early 1940’s. The team consisted of Nobel Laureates
Devastation, destruction, terror, and straight up fear, is what people would’ve seen if they visited Nagasaki or Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped on those cities. The number of scientists who were involved in the development of the atomic bomb is unbelievable. The bombs were very unique objects, whether it was the size of the bomb, or even the amount of explosives inside. The names of the atomic bombs will forever be remembered for the chaos they brought to Japan. The decision to drop the bombs was one of the most difficult things President Truman had to do during his Presidency.
The arms race began in 1945 when the US dropped their atomic bomb on Japan. Not only did this demonstrate the power of the USA but was the catalyst for an age of rapid weapon development, the arms race. This ended with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, an event that bought the superpowers dangerously close nuclear war. A number of factors other than the accumulating advancements in weaponry lead to the Cuban missile crisis, the personalities of the leaders and the national interests of each country all effected how the arms race developed, leading to the inevitable situation where the USA and USSR were left hovering over the trigger. The main aspect that lead to the Cuban missile crisis was the arms development between 1945-1963.
“Nuclear fission is the process of breaking up atoms; the process will generate an enormous amount of energy in form of heat” (Nuclear Power and the Environment). The first man-made reactor was built in the USA in December 2, 1942 called-
INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR REACTION: The main features of nuclear reactions include radioactive decay, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Radioactive decay: Energy is released in a radioactive decay in the form of the kinetic energy of the particle emitted (α and β), the kinetic energy of the daughter nucleus and the energy of the gamma-ray photon that may accompany the decay. The energy involved may be calculated by finding the mass defect of the reaction. The energy released is the energy equivalent of the mass defect of the reaction. Nuclear fission: Nuclear fission is the process in which a large nucleus breaks into two smaller nuclei that are almost equal in mass.