What did the scientist do to help during wartime?

Question

like..bombs? what else?!
evidence?!please..its for my essay..thanks..urgent!!=]

"It is the duty of scientists, in wartime, to do everything in their power to help their country"/
so what did the scientist do to help.?for example, discover ways or substances to attack other countries?

Answer 1

Chaim Weizmann used the bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum (the Weizmann organism) to produce acetone. Acetone was used in the manufacture of cordite explosive propellants critical to the Allied war effort (see Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath)Acetone peroxide
Explosive velocity 5300 m/s 17,384 fps 3.29 Miles per second



Oppenheimer, Inventor Atomic Bomb -
1904 - 1967
Oppenheimer, Inventor Atomic Bomb >

Upon hearing of discovery of fission in 1939, J. Robert Oppenheimer immediately grasped the possibility of atomic bombs. In 1941, he was brought into the atomic bomb project and was asked to calculate the critical mass of uranium-235, the amount needed to sustain a chain reaction. The next year he assembled a group of some of the best theoretical physicists in the country to discuss the design of the actual bomb. General Leslie Groves, the army officer in charge of the Manhattan Project, named Oppenheimer the scientific director of the program, and together they decided on Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site for the nuclear weapons laboratory.

Answer 2

The Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski and two of his colleagues invented a device to help decipher the German "Enigma" code used in World War II. When the Germans made the code more difficult, they handed over their knowledge to the British, and the mathematician Alan Turing improved their device enough to continue deciphering many messages at Bletchley Park, also called "Station X". This work enabled the Allies to win the "Battle of the Atlantic" against the German U-boats. At first, the U-boats were sinking ships faster than the Allies could build them, but as the messages became clearer, more U-boats were sunk and the convoys became safer, steadily building up the resources of men and materials needed in Britain to launch the D-day invasions.

The British electronic engineer Tommy Flowers built the "Colossus" device, also at Bletchley Park, to decipher messages in the much more difficult "Lorenz" cipher used only between Hitler and his generals. It began working just in time to confirm that Hitler truly believed the Normandy invasion was a fake, to try to draw defences away from Calais, and that Patton would launch the real invasion at Calais soon afterwards. This knowledge gave Eisenhower a huge advantage in knowing the rate at which the Normandy invasion would need fresh supplies shipped over.

Answer 3

Warfare is the biggest promoter to the advances in technology... it has been responsible for everything from gunpowder to nuclear weapons.

What do you mean "evidence"... can't you just pick up any magazine and read the "evidence" for yourself... how much "evidence" do you need?

Even computers came from a war effort.. they were originally designed and built to computer ARTILLERY TRAJECTORY TABLES.

Answer 4

Think of all those "brilliant" inventions to keep humanity on top of the food chain.
Atomic bombs
Napalm
Anti-biotics
Gunpowder
Anthrax
Taxes (to fund wars long before they start)
Mass graves
Boy soldiers
This list could go on for a long time. Just pick what you want.

Answer 5

How about teflon for coating the inside of big gun barrels. Evidence? Ask your mom what she cooks or cooked on. High octane gasoline for airplanes.