physicist and Manhattan project by Cynthia Toro-Lopez https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9 bomb by steve sheinkin en-us 2017-11-13 21:13:24 UTC 2017-11-16 21:21:54 UTC hello@padlet.com About Robert Oppenheimer (physicists) 21cynthia_torolopez https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207439164 The American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) made fundamental contributions to theoretical physics and was director of the atomic energy research project at Los Alamos, New Mexico.

On April 22, 1904, J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose father was a German immigrant and wealthy textile importer, was born in New York City. After attending the Ethical Culture School in New York, where his lifelong devotion to literature, the arts, and science was nurtured, he entered Harvard University in 1922 and completed his bachelor's degree in three years. He required only two additional years of study at Cambridge University and the University of Göttingen to complete his doctoral degree in 1927.
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"The cop shook Oppenheimer awake and demanded an explanation . Oppenheimer said he'd gotten out of the car to think about the physics" (Sheinkin 8

"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale, 1998. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631004966/WHIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=d99b6361. Accessed 15 Nov. 2017

“Oppenheimer: American Prometheus.” NPR, NPR, 11 May 2005, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4648060.
]]> 2017-11-15 20:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207439164 background of Manhattan project 21cynthia_torolopez https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207440809 During the years immediately following the First World War, Germany became the center for the study of physics. The most important work in the area of atomic energy was carried on in German universities, especially at the University of Berlin. The most important people in the field traveled to Germany to study, teach, and attend symposiums. Among the many scientists who were to have an impact on the study of atomic energy with this German connection was the Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885-1962), who would create the scientific model of the hydrogen atom. His extensive work in this area was largely based upon the research of the two famous German physicists Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Max Planck (1858-1947). The Hungarian Leo Szilard (1898-1964) and the Italian Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), who both played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, spent time in Germany. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the great American theoretical physicist and leader of the Manhattan Project, and Edward Teller (1908-), the father of the American hydrogen bomb, both studied physics at German universities. Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976), one of the founders of quantum theory and Teller's dissertation advisor, would play a major role in the German bomb program. As political events of the 1920s and 1930s began to unfold, German preeminence in this field would be an important factor in the history of the twentieth century. 
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"The Manhattan Project and the Decision to Drop the Bomb." Science and Its Times, edited by Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer, vol. 6, Gale, 2001. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CV2643450684/WHIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=464408b3. Accessed 15 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-15 21:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207444525 Enrico Fermi physicists 21cynthia_torolopez https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207447109 The Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) discovered "Fermi statistics," described beta decay, established the properties of slow neutrons, and constructed the first atomic pile.
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]]> 2017-11-15 21:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207447109 What the Manhattan project produced 21cynthia_torolopez https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207907367 The Manhattan Project eventually produced four bombs. Little Boy, the code name for the uranium bomb, utilized explosives to crash pieces of uranium together to begin an explosive chain reaction. Fat Man, the code name for the plutonium bomb, was more difficult to design. It required a neutron-emitting source to initiate a chain reaction within a series of concentric nested spheres. The outermost shell was an explosive lens system surrounding a pusher/neutron absorber shell designed to reduce the effect of Taylor waves, the rapid drop in pressure that occurs behind a detonation front and could interfere with an implosion. The next nested sphere was a uranium tamper/reflector shell containing a plutonium pit and beryllium neutron initiator. The spheres were designed to implode, causing the plutonium to fuse, reach critical mass, then start the reaction.

LERNER, BRENDA WILMOTH. "Manhattan Project." Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, vol. 2, Gale, 2004, pp. 245-248. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3403300471/WHIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=f30a8626. Accessed 16 Nov. 2017]]> 2017-11-16 21:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/21cynthia_torolopez/2ex8356v7sv9/wish/207907367