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Q: What happened to the petition against the use of the atomic bomb on Japan signed by Szilard and other scientists on the Manhattan Project?
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Who wear the two Manhattan scientists?

Manhattan is where New York City is located, and it has a lot of scientists. But perhaps you are referring to the Manhattan Project? This was the name of a research and development project which produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. The two lead scientists were Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi.


What did scientists manhatten project discover?

The Manhattan Project was instigated to build a nuclear reactor and consequently the first atomic bomb.


Why does the US use the atomic bomb?

When the atomic bomb was finished, Leo Szilard, a scientist in on the Manhattan Project (the Manhattan Project was the code name for the project to build and develop the atomic bomb), made a petition urging the President not to resort the use of atomic bombs in the war unless the news of the bomb had been made open in public and on terms that Japan knows and refuses to surrender. The petition was signed by over 150 scientists in on the project. A counterpetition garners only two signatures. Japan, of course, refused to surrender. The result was the flattening of two major cities in Japan.


Is there a code name for the Manhattan project?

The Manhattan Project IS the codename. So no, there is not.


What was the project called to build the atomic bomb?

The Manhattan project


Who made the atomic bomb that the us dropped on nagasaki?

The Manhattan project scientists headed by Robert Oppenheimer.


Where did scientists with the Manhattan Project develop the atomic bomb?

Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico .


The atomic bomb was produced through?

The Manhattan Project.


What is the name of the top secret United States project to build an atomic bomb?

The atom bomb research and development were conducted under the Manhattan project.


What were the results of the project?

The Manhattan Project resulted in the first atomic bombs. The research for this took place from 1942-1945 and was done by a number of scientists and engineers.


What are the names of the six African scientists on the Manhattan Project?

There weren't 6 African scientists on the Manhattan project. They were all European or American. It was rare indeed for a black man to be allowed an education in those days. It is doubtful that any got so far as to achieve a PhD in physics or chemistry. It is certain that none were part of project Manhattan. ------------- The above comment is not true - African-American scientist J. Ernest Wilkins got a PhD in 1942 and from 1944 worked on the Manhattan Project in the University of Chicago's Met Lab.


Why did so many scientists choose to work on the Manhattan project?

Most of them were patriots and some other was soviet spies.