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Who created the atomic bomb?

No single person created the atomic bomb. A large number of people needed to work together on different parts of the total project to produce a workable theory and then a functional bomb. Physically the first atomic bombs were created by the Manhattan Project, based in the USA during World War 2 and staffed principally by US and British scientists..


Who were the scientists who developed the atomic bomb?

The scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project in World War II was J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967). The scientists who assisted, designed, built, or tested the first bombs included Robert Bacher, Kenneth Bainbridge, Hans Bethe, Enrico Fermi, George Kistianowsky, Seth Neddermeyer, Rudolph Peierls, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, John von Neumann, and Eugene Wigner.


What team of scientists worked for the first time on the research of the Hydrogen Bomb?

The team of scientists that worked for the first time on the research of the Hydrogen Bomb would be the Aldermaston scientists. Sir William Penney was in charge of the project.


Where was the first enriched uranium made for the Manhattan Project?

The first separation of uranium isotopes was in 1942 in USA - electromagnetic separation (the installation was named calutron).


Were the scientists who made the atomic bomb German captives who cooperated with the us to make the bomb?

No, everyone working on the Manhattan Project worked voluntarily, none were prisoners. They were an assortment of people: US citizens, British citizens, Canadian citizens, prewar European refugees, Danish refuges escaped from the Nazis, etc. Many were German Jews determined not to let the Nazis get an Atomic bomb first.

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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.


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 scientists learn in the 1930s that led to the Manhattan project?

Uranium atoms could be split releasing tremendous energy


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

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