Essays on Atomic Bomb

At 8:15 a.m August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped above Hiroshima, killing estimate of 140,000 men, women, and children. Another 10,000 more died from radiation poisoning and survivors suffered from serve burns from the heat. Three days later another bomb was dropped on...

60 million dead men, women and children. World War II was simply the bloodiest war the world has ever known. With no prior war being so profound in its technological advancements to the point where it is still relevant today. Numerous inventions were made, including...

The impact of the advances in physics between 1900 and 1938 could have never been predicted at the time of their discovery. The discoveries being made would change not only the world of physics, but also the world as a whole. Because developments were being...

60 million dead men, women and children. World War II was simply the bloodiest war the world has ever known, with no prior war being so profound in its technological advancements to the point where it is still relevant today. Numerous inventions were made, including...

This website validates the impressive nature of the development of the Atomic bomb as part of scientific history. It will discuss the discoveries that scientists made throughout history that were vitally important to the project. Additionally, this site will also cover the development of the...

Imagine an entire city like NYC full of people one-minute shopping, dining, laughing just having a great time and then in a matter of a second, a blink of an eye they are all gone. This is precisely what happened in Japan, once the United...

During WWII, the United States developed a program that was going to be designed to harness the power of fission. This project that they created would eventually become known as the Manhattan project, and the product of that project was the creation of the first...

“I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That’s a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers.” Lee Lacocca The act of dropping an atomic bomb...

“That was the longest 45 seconds that I ever lived” those were the words of then Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Boeing B-29 named Enola Gay, describing the period that went by waiting for the bomb to explode. Imagine this, a family setting in...

Fear is a primal instinct that is instilled inside us, shaping our decisions whether we realize it or not. During World War II, the United States government feared that the Germans might develop a nuclear weapon. As a result, on December 28, 1942, President Franklin...

In 1789, Martin Klaproth, who is a German chemist, discovered Uranium and it was named after the planet Uranus. The neutron as a part of the atom was discovered in 1932 by James Chadwick. Walton and Cockroft produced nuclear transformations by bombarding atoms with accelerated...

The Manhattan Project was the secret name for the United States project prior to World War II in order to design and build a nuclear weapon. With the breakthrough of fission in 1939, scientists figured out that nuclear and radioactive materials could be used to...

In the 1940’s, the world was at war between Germany, Italy, Japan and the Allies. This whole war could have been very catastrophic. Nazi Germany was planning on taking over the world. During the war, a brave and smart group of people got together to...

Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan Was the U.S justified for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan? This the question that has been controversial throughout history. The Pacific War started on December 7, 1941, and ended on October 24, 1945. The United States was the first...

On February 1946, a message arrived in Washington from Moscow, sent by diplomat George F. Kennan. This “Long Telegram”, as it is known, explained in 8,000 words how the soviets longed for a war against the United States of America (USA) and advised the American...

Introduction In recent years, a wide array of new technologies have entered the modern battlefield, giving rise to new means and methods of warfare, such as cyber-attacks, armed drones, and robots, including autonomous weapons. While there can be no doubt that international humanitarian law (IHL)...

The Second World War was a medium for numerous atrocities, with the Japanese Army infamous for their own wartime actions. In the present, we hear stories of unspeakable inhuman acts committed by the Imperial Army, yet what is taught about this war in modern-day Japan...

August 6, 1945, was the day Hiroshima suffered under the devasting power of the first-ever atomic bomb used by the United States. This historic event changed the nature of war which led to a surge in the production of nuclear-powered weapons after WWII.1 With many...