Why did Einstein work on it?
2007-04-16 03:56:16 · 5 answers · asked by Alex F 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
On 2nd August, 1939, three Jewish scientists who had fled to the United States from Europe, Albert Einstein, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner, wrote a joint letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, about the developments that had been taking place in nuclear physics. They warned Roosevelt that scientists in Nazi Germany were working on the possibility of using uranium to produce nuclear weapons. Roosevelt responded by setting up a scientific advisory committee to investigate the matter. He also had talks with the British government about ways of sabotaging the German efforts to produce nuclear weapons.
In 1942 the Manhattan Engineer Project was set up in the United States under the command of Brigadier General Leslie Groves. Scientists recruited to produce an atom bomb included Robert Oppenheimer (USA), David Bohm (USA), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Otto Frisch (Germany), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Felix Bloch (Switzerland), James Franck (Germany), James Chadwick (Britain), Emilio Segre (Italy), Enrico Fermi (Italy), Klaus Fuchs (Germany) and Edward Teller (Hungary).
2007-04-16 04:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey,
As far as i know the Manhattan project was the project that developed the Atomic Bomb. It was during World War II - The United States , Canada and the United Kingdom participated I believe.
I also think that 3 bombs were constructed in the end , one test bomb and the other two which were detonated over Hiroshima(called ''Little Boy'') and Nagasaki ( called ''Fat Man''). And well Einstein worked on it because he was smart lol ,he did say that it was theoretically possible to crack the atom and release all that energy and showed it in theory but practice remained to be seen. And as we all know it happened so yeah. Heh.
2007-04-16 11:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by tudoradrianm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Manhattan Project was the code name given to the development of the atomic bomb. Many scientists worked on it, including many who were brought here from Germany. Einstein was one of them, but he admitted later that he regretted working on it.
2007-04-16 11:53:17 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
code name for govt. program that developed and produced atomic bombs. think einstein workrd on it.
2007-04-16 11:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by bghoundawg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atomic bomb
2007-04-16 11:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Icewomanblockstheshot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋