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 *  The Development of the Atomic Bomb **




 * __Intro __- **The development of the Atomic Bomb began in the year 1939 when the United States found out that Germany was trying to extract the type of uranium used to make the bomb.

**__History and development of the atomic Bomb-__** In the year that the United States started researching the Atomic Bomb is when [|World War Two] began. On September first, nineteen thirty nine Germany invaded Poland "dominoing" all of Europe in to the second world war. Contrary to what many people think the U.S. did not enter the war at the beginning. Many in the U.S. did not believe they should get involved in to the "European" affairs. On the ally side was Poland (which was taken over very quickly by the Germans), France, and Great Britian. On the Axis was Germany, Italy, and eventually Japan. Now when Japan did the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. saw that the Axis powers were very cabable of winning the war they new that the Atomic Bomb could be the solution to ending the war quickly.

While the U.S. was right in predicting that the bomb could bring a quick end to the war, they did not realize that the development of this "super weapon" would take six years to get right. The [|Manhattan project], as it was called, started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Many ingenious scientists worked on this hefty project including the Chief of the project, Robert Oppenheimer. Other key scientists that help invent the atomic bomb were David Bohm, Edward Teller, and Niels Bohr, to name a few.

Finally on July 16, 1945 the Manhattan project began its final test. In a piece of dessert in New Mexico the scientists detonated the atomic bomb, observing the huge mushroom cloud reddening and pulsing as it cooled. The years of research had payed off, but many of the scientists did not think the bomb should ever be detonated again. One of the rememberable quotes of the Chief, Robert Oppenheimer, " I have become death, destroyer of worlds...". Despite the opinions of the many scientists that created the bomb, two bombs were made and dropped on Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war finally ended as the U.S. and rest of the allies had wanted, but the price of this was the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives lost in Japan because of these two atomic bombs.

__**Fun Facts**__ -Over $2 Billion was spent during the History of the Manhatten Project. (1939-1945) -During testing the first atomic bomb was codenamed "The Gadget". -The test bomb lit up skies so much that a blind girl could see the flash from 120 miles away -The Bomb can destroy about everything in a 3-mile radius -The Atomic Bomb that fell on Nagasaki was nicknamed "Fat Man" and missed its target by over a mile, but still destroyed much of the city -Scientist estimate the two atomic bombs utilize only 1/10th of 1% of their explosive capabilities. [|-Mary Bellis of inventers.com]

When energy is expelled from a bomb one of two reactions occur. Fusion Reactions: the bomb derives its power from fusing of nuclei of various hydrogen isotopes into helium nuclei, also know as a hydrogen bomb Fission Reaction: Forces are expelled instead of holding an atom togethere.
 * __How does the atomic Bomb Work?__**


 * __Why Uranium?__** Most atoms are too stable but uranuim-235 is more easy to split.