t h e m a n h a t t a n p r o j e c t

THE THE MANHATTAN MANHATTAN

PROJECTPROJECT

By: David, Ayon and Steven

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Famous people and pre-Manhattan Famous people and pre-Manhattan project activitiesproject activities

Creation of the Manhattan project Creation of the Manhattan project and the atomic bomband the atomic bomb

The Trinity TestThe Trinity Test Aftermath of the Manhattan project Aftermath of the Manhattan project

and scientific contributionsand scientific contributions

Famous PeopleFamous People

General Leslie Groves Director of the Manhattan project

Robert Oppenheimer

Scientific Director of the Manhattan project

Leo Szilard

Discoverer of nuclear chain reaction

Pre-Manhattan ProjectPre-Manhattan Project

The Manhattan ProjectThe Manhattan ProjectWhy build atomic weapons?Why build atomic weapons? Prolonged war, Americans tried of Prolonged war, Americans tried of

fightingfighting Later used as a controlling weapon Later used as a controlling weapon

to keep eastern communist countries to keep eastern communist countries in checkin check

“Thin Man”

Structure of the Atomic Structure of the Atomic bombbomb

Uranium-235Uranium-235Fission of Uranium 235

Gun type mechanism bombs

Structure of the Atomic Structure of the Atomic bombbomb

PlutoniumPlutoniumImplosion Plutonium bomb

The Trinity TestThe Trinity Test

JUMBO- Survivor of the Trinity Test

Trinity Test site- Los Trinity Test site- Los AlamosAlamos

After the explosion of Fat Man at ground zero

After Math of the After Math of the Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project

Victory over Japan Day, August 14, 1945

Soviet Union builds atomic Soviet Union builds atomic weaponsweapons

RDS-1

Russia’s atomic bomb, based on the model of Fat Man

COLD WAR!COLD WAR!