https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm Made with Cold, Hard, Science. en-us 2020-02-27 22:09:54 UTC 2023-02-10 03:49:11 UTC hello@padlet.com 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451714052 The Manhattan Project was formed in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt after hearing reports that Germany had begun research to develop an atomic weapon to use in the war. Originally a committee to research Uranium, it developed into developing the atomic bomb after discovering the findings of Enrico Fermi.]]> 2020-02-27 22:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451714052 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451718847 Of course, one of the main figures was President Roosevelt, who kickstarted the entire project. Two of the most important figures involved were Albert Einstein, who not only sent FDR the letter regarding Hitlers progress towards the atomic bomb, and fellow scientist Enrico Fermi, who successfully initiated a nuclear reaction in his private research.]]> 2020-02-27 22:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451718847 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451729586 After Roosevelt first began the project, he kept close eyes on any scientists performing similar research  and would fund them in the hopes they would be able to breakthrough this problem. The most famous one was Enrico Fermi, an italian scientist who worked as a professor until joining the project. He was the one who finally got uranium to react and "explode." Centered in Los Alamos New Mexico, they researched for years until finally, on July 16, 1945, the first successful bomb was detonated.]]> 2020-02-27 23:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451729586 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451733962 Harriet S Truman did not want to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wanted to consider one of the other 3 options, which included
demonstrating the bomb on an unpopulated area, continue with the regular bombings, and invading. He believed that while these tactics would be effective. However, he believed that none of them would fully convince the Japanese to surrender, so he made the decision to drop the bomb on populated cities. This did effectively and officially end the war for the Japanese and the Americans.]]> 2020-02-27 23:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451733962 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451735944 On August 6, 1945, A B-29 bomber flew over the city of Hiroshima. On detonation, 90% of the city was immediately destroyed and 80,000 people died on the spot, with 10s of thousands more dying later from radiation exposure. 3 days later, another bomber flew over the city of Nagasaki, with similar results. The air grew to 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit. Birds incinerated instantly, roads boiled, people vaporized and left only shadows of themselves on the pavement.]]> 2020-02-27 23:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/451735944 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/452314405 2020-02-29 02:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/452314405 094180 https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/452316359 2020-02-29 02:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/094180/h9bklz6sbhwm/wish/452316359