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Manhattan Project Changes Richland
During World War II, a top secret government project to extract plutonium for an atomic bomb changed Richland from a farming community to a technologically advanced city
world war ii • manhattan project • richland • washington • atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project
In 1945, America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan killing as many as 220,000 people. But how did the US come to have such destructive weapons before anyone else?
the manhattan project • the plan to develop the first nuclear weapon • atomic bomb • nuclear bomb • j. robert oppenheimer

Albert Einstein's Atomic Bomb Error
Everyone has done it. Written a letter we wish we could take back. A letter written in anger or sorrow. Albert Einstein wrote a letter just like that in 1939.
albert • einstein • atomic • bomb • hiroshima

Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard
Mankind's greatest atomic power was harnessed through the invention of the nuclear reactor by two physicists, Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard.
nuclear reactor inventors • enrico fermi • leo szilard • nuclear reactor invention • atomic reactor

Frederick Reines - Co-Discoverer of the Neutrino
Frederick Reines casts a long shadow on elementary particle physics, as an early participant in the Manhattan Project, as co-discoverer of the neutrino, as founding Dean of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California at Irvine, and as co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics.
frederick reines • elementary particle physics • manhattan project • neutrino • university of california at irvine

Making The Atomic Bomb
The development, test, and use of the first atomic bomb by the United States during World War II.
atomic bomb • manhattan project • trinity site • robert oppenheimer • leslie groves

The Flight of the Enola Gay
August 6, 1945-8:15 a.m. local time-the age of atomic warfare begins. This article follows the flight of the Enola Gay, looks at the science and the politics that preceded her, and at the aftermath that came in her wake.
enola gay • atomic bombs • nuclear bombs • hiroshima • nagasaki

The Tri-Cities in Washington State
While visiting the Tri-Cities of Washington State my thoughts turn to Hanford Nuclear Reservation
tri-cities • hanford • hanford nuclear reservation • richland • pasco

The Trinity Test Site
The Trinity test site in New Mexico was the location where the first atomic bomb was exploded.
trinity test site • trinity • white sands national monument • alkaline sand • dy basin

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
Since 1940, the United States nuclear weapons arsenal has had high environmental, public, and moral costs for the entire world; they were enumerated in a recent study.
u.s. nuclear weapons cost study project • nuclear arsenal • united states weapons of mass destruction • the manhattan project • hiroshima

U.S. President Harry S. Truman
Truman was a complex man and the man that will be judged by time for using Nuclear weapons "The Manhattan Project" for the first time.
harry s. truman • the atom bomb • the manhattan project • nuclear attack on japan • world war ii

Uranium by Tom Zoellner – Book Review
Uranium. It's nature's heaviest naturally occurring element. Tom Zoellner examines the history, science, and politics surrounding this controversial metal.
uranium by tom zoellner • uranium • mining • nuclear energy • atomic bomb

What Are HEPA Air Filters and Purifiers?
Many of the best air filters, home air purifiers and vacuum cleaners for asthma and allergy sufferers rely on HEPA filters to capture tiny particles and ensure clean air.
hepa air purifiers • room air cleaner purifier • hepa filter definition • whole house air filter • dust pollen dander smoke allergy air purifier

Harry Truman's First Term
Harry S Truman, remembered today as a generally great President, made a number of very memorable decisions during his first term, including that to use "the bomb."
harry s truman • world war ii • death of president roosevelt • atomic bomb • victory in europe

McCain Quotes on the Middle East
The Middle East brand was a natural for the Republican war hero. It has stayed with him even as the economy replaced Iraq as the campaign's leading issue.
mccain quotes middle east • branded presidential candidacy • wasted most precious treasure • tough talk war terrorism • republican war hero

Nuclear Chain Reactions
Most people are aware of the destructive force held within an atomic weapon, but what are physical forces are conspiring in order to cause such a violent explosion?
nuclear reactions • nuclear chain reactions • atomic weapons • atomic bomb • atomic energy

Science and Energy Museum Rocks
The American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge,Tennessee, is a storehouse of knowledge about the city's secret history, along with the science of power and energy
american museum of science and energy • atomic bomb history • history of nuclear physics • history of oak ridge tennessee • secret city

The Secret Science of World War II
In 1942, a "secret city" sprang up in a Tennessee valley, as Allied scientists raced to beat the Germans at developing enriched uranium to fuel the first atomic bomb.
oak ridge • tennessee • atomic bomb • manhattan project • first atomic bomb

Tour the Secret City of Oak Ridge
Hop on a bus at Tennessee's American Museum of Science and Energy and travel back to WW II, to the Cold War, and on to today's world-class sub-atomic research facilities.
secret city bus tour • oak ridge tennessee • history of the atomic bomb • graphite nuclear reactor • calutron

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns by Robert Jungk
This classic work details the triumphs and tribulations of the world's great atomic scientists during and after their work on the most terrible weapons ever created.
brighter than a thousand suns by robert jungk • nuclear scientists • oppenheimer • teller • development of the atomic bomb

Clean Energy and The TerraWatt Challenge
Increasing population will require 10 TW of clean, cheap electricity over the next 50 years to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at sustainable levels.
terawatt challenge • population growth • increasing energy demand • energy demand • electricity demand

New Mexico History Museum on the Santa Fe Plaza
Four centuries of New Mexico's past come to life in interactive exhibits at this new, high-tech history museum behind the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe Plaza.
new mexico history museum • santa fe plaza • palace of the governors • art and history • museum of new mexico

The Atomic Bomb And Science Fiction
The bombing of Hiroshima on the morning of August 6th, 1945 took science fiction from playful adolescence into a frightening, frightened adulthood.
atomic bomb • science fiction • influence • hiroshima • authors

The History Of Chemistry
In this article you will learn about the history of Chemistry, begining with the Alchemist, trying to make lead into gold, to modern chemistry.
chemistry • science • stages of matter • states of matter • atoms

Atomic Policies and Early Cold War Crises
Despite Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949, early Cold War crises were frequently diffused when the U.S. threatened to use the bomb in several Asian conflicts.
atomic diplomacy in the cold war • threatening to use the atomic bomb • brinkmanship and nuclear war • using the bomb in asia • effects of the atomic age

Skepticism Applied to Religion
Many would argue that science and faith are incongruent, even at odds. Logic and rational examination of religion could possibly bridge gaps and foster understanding.
religion and skeptics • richard feynman • science applied to religion • scientific • reconciling religion and science

Stellar Populations in the Galaxy
During World War II, Baade discovered that there were distinct stellar populations: The older Population II stars and Younger Population I stars.
stellar • stars • population i • population ii • walter baade

The TriCities - Kennewick, Pasco and Richland
The Tri-Cities is another name for eastern Washington cities Kennewick, Richland and Pasco.
tri-cities • kennewick • pasco • richland • wa

Them!
Hollywood during the 1950s made a string of science fiction/horror films where humanity battled mutated monstrosities created by the atomic age. As quaint as some of these films seem today, they do manage to ask some hard questions the directly address the ethics of the nuclear age.
ants • mutants • hollywood • stock • science

Fort Apache: The Moon
In 1959, the army studied the possibility of constructing a military base on the moon. The primary reason for this was to, in effect, seize the highest ground imaginable. ,In 1959, the army studied the possibility of constructing a military base on the moon. The primary reason for this was to, in effect, seize the highest ground imaginable.
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Linus Pauling - Molecular Biologist and Orthomolecular Scientist
Linus Pauling was the first person to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes, one in Chemistry for his molecular bonding research, and the Peace Prize for his work protesting atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs.
pauling • nobel • activist • anti-nuclear • molecular bonding

Lise Meitner - Nuclear Physicist Extraordinaire
Lise Meitner provided the first practical explanation of nuclear fission. She was denied a Nobel Prize, but she was well regarded by her peers at a time when women were not well regarded at all.
lise meitner • fission • nuclear fission • atomic bomb • bohr

Niels Bohr - Danish Physicist Extraordinaire
Niels Bohr proposed a quantum structure for the atom, won a Nobel prize for physics, and worked on the Manhattan.
niels bohr • quantum mechanics • physics • university of copenhagen • institute of theoretical physics

Tales from the West Texas Dust
Editor's introductory essay to a new series on the current face of organized religion in Texas.
texas culture • texas religion • evangelicalism

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