ATOMIC BOMB (1945)

SCIENTISTS OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT COMPLETE THE BOMB DESTINED TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II

     An atomic bomb initiates a nuclear chain reaction ,there by releasing truly vast amounts of energy .an initial problem was production of enough “enriched” uranium to sustain such a reaction .instrumental in the solution was Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in a former squash court under Chicago university , he had other scientists created first ever controlled , self sustaining nuclear chain reaction .the ultimately created  the first, man made nuclear explosion , which Oppenheimer called “trinity”, at Alamagordo  ,New Mexico , on July 16,1945

     During the world war II the United sates used the unprecedented $2 billion to feed an ultra secret research and development program, the outcome of which would alter the relationship of nation forever .know as the Manhattan project, it was the search by the united states and her closet allies to create a Practical atomic bomb: a single device capable of mass destruction enough to end the war

   
    The motivation was simple. The scientist escaping the Nazi regime had revealed the researching   Germany had confirmed the theoretical viability of atomic bomb. 1939, in support of their fears that Nazis might now be developing such a weapon ,Albert Einstein and other wrote the letter to president Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) warning of the need for atomic research. By 1941 FDR had authorized formal coordinated scientific research into such a device .among those whose effort would ultimately unleash the power of the atom was Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967). Who was appointed the project’s scientific director in 1942.under his direction the famous laboratories at Los Alamos would be constructed and the scientific team assembled.