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MANHATTAN PROJECT

MANHATTAN PROJECT. Max Planck 1900 Quantum Theory Light not a constant flow but in chunks or quanta. 1905 Theory of Relativity A body in motion has greater mass than a body at rest. NELS BOHR Has supply of heavy water H 2 O. 2.

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MANHATTAN PROJECT

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  1. MANHATTAN PROJECT

  2. Max Planck 1900 Quantum Theory Light not a constant flow but in chunks or quanta

  3. 1905 Theory of Relativity A body in motion has greater mass than a body at rest

  4. NELS BOHR Has supply of heavy water H2O 2

  5. Two physicists are concerned about possible German research on Atomic weapons Leo Szilard Edward Teller

  6. LEO SZILARD

  7. Edward Teller

  8. How can two immigrant physicists get word to the government?

  9. Albert Einstein

  10. Economist and friend of FDR and Einstein, Alex Sachs

  11. GENERAL LESLIE GROVE

  12. J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

  13. Los Alamos Ranch School for Boys

  14. ENRICO FERMI

  15. Oppenheimer and Groves at Trinity

  16. LITTLE BOY & FAT MAN

  17. How to use the bomb? *Test with Japanese observers *Give warning, then drop *Drop that bad boy!

  18. Is Japan already defeated? Can US modify unconditional surrender demand? Should there be moral rules to war?

  19. Invasion of Japan Mac Arthur estimates 50,000 casualties the first day 1,000,000 by the end

  20. Japan has: 1.8 million men in Japan 1.65 million in China .5 million in other occupied areas 12,000 planes of various type Could turn into guerrilla war for 5-10 years

  21. 509th Composite Group Paul Tibbetts While other bomber groups are flying bombing runs over Japan, the 509 practices dropping one bomb over deserted stretches of Japan

  22. USS Indianapolis

  23. HIROSHIMA August 6, 1945

  24. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Bock’s Car

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