Robert Oppenheimer : The Father Of The 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

It was December 7, 1942 a beautiful mourning in Pearl Harbor. When out of the blue, hundreds of Japanese planes bomb and either sunk or severely damaged eight battle ships and at least thirteen other naval ships that were docked on the shore. This spark is what involved the United States the forest fire known as World War II. My paper is not on the war itself, but is on the atomic bomb, and what was known as the Manhattan project. In my report I will talk about the many reasons, the atomic bomb had to be created and used.

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

The book Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a thrilling, fast-paced story that refines a great deal of history into interesting and understandable literature for practically any age reader. The author, Steve Sheinkin, writes to tell the story of the first atomic bomb, the people who made it possible, and those who challenged its progress. Any person who is interested in science, history, or would like an enjoyable, quick read could read Bomb and easily understand the basics behind the creation of the atomic bomb. Along with the science and mathematics of the atomic bomb, Sheinkin adds the suspense and intrigue from the viewpoints of espionage agents from the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain, and the

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.

It has been just over seven decades since the destructive atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. These bombs were the first of its kind-weapons of mass destruction. There are many points-of-view or opinions about whether or not the bombs should have been used. As always there are two sides to each story; those who are for a cause and those who are against. In this paper, I will discuss the two opposing points-of-view, as well as my own opinion on which argument I find most compelling.

World War II will forever live in infamy as one of the longest, most grueling wars America has faced. This fact was well realized by leaders and civilians of the United States in the 1940s. So, they did something about it. They set out to create the most destructive weapon the world has ever seen; the atomic bomb. The bombs that would soon vaporize steel buildings and rip holes in the earth the size of a small lake. These bombs came as a result of the Manhattan Project. However, the Manhattan Project didn’t affect just World War II. Because of this research and development, the nuclear arms race began, alternative energy was introduced, and millions of people were affected by radiation.

The Manhattan Project was a code name for the atomic bomb. They did not want anyone to know about it because if they would have said, the atomic bomb everybody who knew about it would freak out. There were two types of atomic bombs in World War Two. The two types were the Fat Man and Little Boy. The Fat Man got its name because it was round and fat. The Fat man was used on Nagasaki. The Little Boy was called that because it was long and skinny. The Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima. They were both dropped on a country called Japan.

The splitting of the atom in 1917 by Rutherford [1] brought with it an unimaginable amount of rapid advancements leading up to the world’s first successful atomic bomb explosion on July 16 1945 at Trinity Site near White Sands Air Force Base [3]. This bomb proved that the atomic bomb was a possibility definitively which led to two more bombs, of similar properties and destructive power, being dropped on Japan in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th of that year. Following these attacks was a huge political debate that probed the question of; was it the right thing to do?, was it really worth the death toll?, and many other questions from those on the fence of atomic

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

“There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. Our political life is also predicated on openness. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as [we] are free to ask what [we] must, free to say what [we] think, free to think what [we] will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress.”

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.

August 6th, 1945, 70,0000 lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Today many argue whether or not the U.S. should have taken such a drastic measure. Was it entirely necessary that we drop such a devastating weapon? To answer that first we must look at was going on in the world at the time of the conflict. The U.S. had been fighting a massive war since 1941. Moral was most likely low, and resources were at the same level as moral. Still both sides continued to fight and both were determined to win. Obviously the best thing that could have possibly happened would have been to bring the war to a quick end with a minimum of allied casualties. Harry Truman’s decision to

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a Theoretical Physicists who can either be considered a genius, a hero, or a monster. He was in a lot of controversy that he never wished for. This is because he was the inventor of the Nuclear Bomb (Or at least he was the leader of the Manhattan project and is viewed as the father of the nuclear bomb). J. Robert Oppenheimer can be viewed as a hero and/or villain because he helped create the nuclear bomb, and received mixed opinions for his actions at the time, with mixed opinions upon his actions.

By the age of ten he becomes so fascinated by the world of science he self-educates himself to learn as much as possible. Albert then went to a secondary school in Switzerland. Albert felt that the academics and education were not satisfying enough so he started cutting his classes and used all his free time to learn about physics. He had learned