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Introduction: History of the Atomic Bomb

Early Discoveries

The Discovery of Fission

European Scientists Flee to America

Einstein’s Letter to Roosevelt

Creation of the Manhattan Project

The First Atomic Pile

Manufacturing Fuel for the Bomb

Establishing the Los Alamos Laboratory

Little Boy and Fat Man

The Trinity Test

The German Atomic Bomb

To Use or Not to Use the Bomb

Truman’s Decision

Flight over Hiroshima

Nagasaki

The Cold War

The Balance

Chapter 1 Discovery of Fission

Chapter Preface

Energy from Nuclei

Publishing the Secret of Fission

Warning of the Dangers of Nuclear Technology

The MAUD Report

Chapter 2 The Manhattan Project

Chapter Preface

The First Chain Reaction

Manufacturing Plutonium and Uranium-235

The Work at Los Alamos and Alamogordo

The Trinity Test

The Conscience of a Physicist

Chapter 3 Using the Bomb

Chapter Preface

Scientists Caution Against Using the Bomb

The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

Choosing a Target

Dropping the Atom Bomb

A President’s Responsibility

Chapter 4 The Aftermath

Chapter Preface

Surviving the Hiroshima Blast

Surveying the Damage to Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Proposing an Atomic Energy Agency

The Need for a National Nuclear Energy Program

Chronology

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Atomic Bomb Research Article from History Firsthand

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