None of this was possible, however, without the Manhattan Project, arguably the most successful secret military project in world history. It brought together the leading scientific minds to ...

This was, of course, the Manhattan Project, a top-secret, US-led World War II research effort that led directly to the development of the first atomic bomb. Ultimately used twice to help end the ...

(In the end, I walked over 99.5% of the project.) Because I wanted to tackle the blocks out of order, tracking them was a multi-step process. First, I needed a map of Manhattan. Finding a complete ...

At that moment I reminded myself to send the book, “Wilhelm’s Way — The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project” to the submarine commander of the nuclear ...

Ernest Cuneo, a burly former Columbia football player who weighed in at nearly 300 pounds, was an unlikely spook—but an effective one. During World War II Cuneo served as President Franklin D.

America’s new energy secretary, Chris Wright, recently appeared to endorse this, declaring that the nation is “at the start of Manhattan Project 2”. Western leadership in AI is an economic ...