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10 hours ago · Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
- 1942–1946
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
10 hours ago · J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb ". Born in New York City, Oppenheimer ...
10 hours ago · But with the Manhattan atomic-bomb project making particle accelerators a useful source of nuclear isotopes, Touschek’s experience with Widerøe’s betatron caught the eye of the British, who occupied the Hamburg region. Recognising his mix of theoretical and practical know-how, a plan was drawn up to bring him to the UK.
10 hours ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is the only U.S. president to have served four terms in office.
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- Woodrow Wilson
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10 hours ago · Schmitt survived the bombing and occupation of Berlin. In the Cold War atomic age that followed, Schmitt’s trepidations about “technologies of the future” only deepened. In his dialogue on power and space he wryly names the North American character “MacFuture.”
10 hours ago · Nevertheless, there were some in the scientific community who felt that the atomic bomb had to be used to prevent the further loss of life that conventional warfare would entail. On the other hand, there were many scientists who were horrified at the prospect of its actual use, as the awful destructive potential had already been demonstrated.
55 minutes ago · A single day in combat, 98-year-old World War II veteran Bill Casassa, of Shawnee, told me, “is forever. It goes on and on and on.”. There is confusion, mud -- “always mud” -- and behind ...
