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U.S. Scientific Advances

U.S. Scientific Advances. World War II. U.S. Scientific Advances. 1941 Roosevelt created Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) Brought scientists into war effort. U.S. Scientific Advances. Advances in: Radar Sonar Pesticides to fight insects

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U.S. Scientific Advances

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  1. U.S. Scientific Advances World War II

  2. U.S. Scientific Advances • 1941Roosevelt created Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) • Brought scientists into war effort

  3. U.S. Scientific Advances • Advances in: • Radar • Sonar • Pesticides to fight insects • World War I, many soldiers in the trenches had LICE • Penicillin

  4. The Atomic Bomb • OSRD secret development of the atomic bomb • WHY? • 1939, Germans succeeded in splitting uranium atoms • Einstein letter to FDR warning that Germans could construct WMD

  5. The Manhattan Project • 1942, OSRD created the Manhattan Project to quickly create atomic bomb • Early development at Columbia University in Manhattan

  6. The Manhattan Project • So secret, Vice President Truman didn’t know until he became president when FDR passed away • 600,000 workers • July 16, 1945First test

  7. Alamogordo, New Mexico

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