Oppenheimer: The Development Of An Atomic Bomb

The birth of the Atomic bombs was during WWII, when the nations around the world were fighting against each other, due to disagreements between one another. At the beginning of the war, America was at a stalemate because they did not want to get involved in the war. Even though they were not involved in the war they were helping friendly allies with food supplies and ammunition. And then there was island to the east of the Korean peninsula, also known as Japan, who suddenly decided to send a full blown aerial attack on american territory. In december 7, 1941 Japan launched a full blown attack on Pearl Harbor, an American naval base. This was the turning point of WWII because this spark America to enter into a war. What the enemy did not know, was that the U.S. had a secret under their hands, and that was the weapon that would bring an end the war. An According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. the first Atomic Bomb was build in Los Alamos New Mexico during WWII under the Manhattan Project ("Atomic Bomb." Encyclopaedia Britannica”). But after the bombs were drop the suffering of the Umany people, gave way for the questioning of the actions, some of these questions were : was it the right thing to do, what effect it had in the places that the bomb were dropped, how was America affected before, during, after and the bombs were dropped, what effect did the people had after experiencing the explosion, but the most important

World War 2 was one of the worst wars in world history. The allied forces, the U.S., France, China, Russia, and Great Britain, were at war against the axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, to stop the nazis from taking over the world. There were many bad events and battles that happened over the 6 year time span of the war; but one of the worst has to be the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings at the end of the war. Some people say that the U.S. Needed to drop the bombs to save American and Japanese lives. Some think otherwise, that the bombs were not nessecary to end the war. Even the scientists who created the bombs believed it shouldn't have been used. Once the bomb was created, there was controversy

Even today, 71 years after the first use of the atomic bomb, people praise Oppenheimer’s many contributions to science but also question his ethics in the development of the atomic bomb. However, I believe J. Robert Oppenheimer was a visionary leader and ethical leader as his contributions advanced science and put an end to a great war.

The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. The Manhattan project was the invention of the first two nuclear bombs, Fat man and little boy. These two bombs were dropped on Japanese islands to end World War II.

J. Robert Oppenheimer stated, “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.” J. Robert Oppenheimer, in the Manhattan Project, was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and was responsible for the research and design of the atomic bomb. In the summer of 1945, the first atomic bomb was made and tested, and on August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb killed nearly seventy-thousand people instantly, which is miniscule in comparison to the thousands more that would have died if the war would have continued. Dropping the atomic bomb was a just decision because it saved American lives by avoiding a recreation of D-Day, was necessary to end the war swiftly by forcing Japan to surrender.

At the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II scientist started to develop new ways to to react to wars.Scientist like Julius Robert Oppenheimer with the help of Albert Einstein created the first atomic bomb called the “Little Boy” and the “FatMan”. Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. He was incharge of gather the best minds to develop weapons of mass destruction. Oppenheimer along with 200 other physics developed weapons that would change the world forever.

During the early 1930’s America began working on its first atomic bomb, with the help of President Roosevelt the mission was known, as the Manhattan Project. Truman’s presidency began under the cloud of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman unaware of what had been going on was immediately informed once being sworn into presidency; the United States was working on perfecting a nuclear bomb that would cause major destruction. Although the Allies were closing in on the victory to Germany, Japan still refused to surrender. The war in the Pacific would continue on into the 1946. While, Truman was aware of the bomb and all the details that came with the matter he still had yet made up his mind on whether he would be using it. Still being hopeful that

The year was 1945, World War II is nearing its end with the defeat of Germany. However, the war in the Pacific was far from over. The U.S. had pushed the Japanese back their mainland and needed to invade in order to force a Japanese surrender. The campaign would likely have been long and hard-fought. However, the US had a secondary plan to use a new type of bomb, an atom bomb. This new type of bomb was told to have power that could end all wars. This was a bomb that destroy humanity.

The Manhattan Project was preceded by a variety of scientific discoveries in the 1920’s and the 1930’s. During this time of scientific discovery, Hitler had been steadily rising to power in Germany, and before long, physicist Leo Szilard and fellow Hungarian Jews Eugene Wigner and Edward Teller became worried. They decided that the President of the United States must be informed about the new fission technology that had been discovered, which they believed was capable of making bombs. The three physicists enlisted the help of Albert Einstein, the foremost scientist in that period, and together they drafted a

World War II one of the biggest wars, occurring between the years of 1939 through 1947 in which World War II was the cause of over 60 million deaths. A war between the Axis powers Germany, Italy, and Japan v.s. the Allies, France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. Coming close towards the end of the war United States and Japan are at war. The United States have taken over the war and Germany has surrendered, only Japan was left to surrender to completely end the war. Japan refuses to surrender and the Unites States grows with desperation to end the war. Especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, which was a surprise attack from Japan to destroy aircraft carriers, but they failed. This attack angered

When J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the lead scientists in an elite, American-led effort to design the most destructive weapon the world had ever seen, witnessed the first detonation of the nuclear bomb he helped create, he said with intensity, “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” The construction of such a weapon was made possible by what was known as The Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the name of an American effort to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II. The creation and use of the atomic bomb brought together some of the world’s best scientists, as well as the insight of the U.S. military. Most of the work was done in Los Alamos, New Mexico, not in the New York City district that it was named after.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, was without doubt, a marvelous scientist. He was responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb, and by thinking flexibly, his work led to the discovery of the positron, and the teaching of theoretical physics and the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer’s worked changed the world forever, in both good and bad ways. His teachings of theoretical physics and the atomic bomb taught people things they might have never known if it was not for him. You are only smart, when you realize you know nothing compared to the knowledge the universe holds. Those who claim to be all-knowing are the biggest fools of

It is risky to take pride in weaponry, least in doing so leads people to believe that the proud are

By the summer of 1945, Oppenheimer was ready to test the first bomb. On July 16, 1945 at the trinity site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, scientist of the Manhattan Project readied themselves to watch the detonation of the world’s first bomb.

I remember 1941 like it was yesterday when we nurses and doctors started to look at our life and had to decide if want to help our country or run.My Mom who works for the government told me about japan's plan to attack America. She said a famous theoretical physicist and professor of physics named Julius Robert Oppenheimer, was the American director working with atomic bombs. Many people after hearing about the war that was going to occur decided to run, even my mom wanted me to leave with my two brothers because she didn't think she could protect us in Japan when they're planning to go to war with the U.S. one year later We got the news that America started the "Manhattan Project" which was research and development undertaking during World