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J. Robert Oppenheimer became involved in nuclear research in 1941. His biopic, Oppenheimer,...
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Sequence of events in the fission of a uranium nucleus by a neutron.
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There are two ways of releasing nuclear energy: fission and fusion.
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The harmful effects of radiation from nuclear bombing.
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The B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay took off from the Mariana Islands on August...
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A Japanese woman remembering the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and paying tribute to...
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Learn more about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States during...
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Hear Encyclopædia Britannica editor Michael Ray talk about the atomic bombing of...
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Learn more about the Manhattan Project.
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The first atomic bomb test, near Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
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Sequence of events in the fission of a uranium nucleus by a neutron.
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The three most common fission bomb designs, which vary considerably in material and...
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A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after...
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At the Trinity test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer (left)...
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The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the...
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Infographic with relevant facts about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
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Aftermath of the atomic bomb strike at Hiroshima, Japan, November 17, 1945.
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Aftermath of the atomic blast at Hiroshima, Japan, August 1945.
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Total destruction of Hiroshima, Japan, following the dropping of the first atomic...
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First atomic bomb test, near Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
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On August 9, 1945, three days after detonating a uranium-fueled atomic bomb over...
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A test of a U.S. thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb) at Enewetak atoll in the Marshall...
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Major events and locations of the Manhattan Project.
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