smallest piece of matter know to man? The hydrogen bomb, the largest

explosion ever created. The equivalent of 10 hundred thousand tons of

TNT (10 megatons). The hydrogen bomb is known for its great power and is dreaded by many for

its great destruction. The Hydrogen bomb was first tested on November the 1, 1952. Just ten

years after the nuclear age began, on December 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago, Enrico

Fermi made a chain reaction in a pile of uranium. Around the time of this test the first Nuclear

power plant opened in England. Also the United States dropped an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima,

Japan, killing over 100,000 people. Four months later another atomic bomb was dropped

Nagasaki, Japan, killing an additional 40,000. As you have read, the Hydrogen bomb is something

that spread terror and amazement through the entire human race. You will learn how this weapon

bomb is by definition: an explosive weapon of great destructive power derived from the fusion of

forced to join together resulting in an unbelievable amount of energy being released. This is just

seen is most amazing. Miles into the sky a giant mushroom cloud stands above you. It almost

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