... . In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, there were facilities necessary to separate Uranium-235. Uranuim-235 is more common than the lesser-known Uranuim-238 (Iinkai 61). Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the weapons laboratory (Badash). Oppenheimer became very popular for all his scientific efforts (Lerner 109). In the laboratory, scientists figured out that one pound of Uranuim-235 would release energy equivalent ... ...

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... an atomic bomb before Germany. This project to produce the atomic bomb was named "The Manhattan Project- . Industrial and research activities took place all over the United States. J. Robert Oppenheimer led The Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer directed the design and building of the bomb. He and other scientists worked on this project from 1943 to 1945. The first atomic bomb was successfully exploded on ... ...

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... bomb. FDR was very concerned and got the smartest people he could find to make one an atomic bomb for the United States. The father of the Manhattan Project was Robert Oppenheimer. He is sometimes referred to as "The Father of the bomb." He was the main person involved in the making of the bomb. He was the leader of the weapons ... ...

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