The approximate number of veterans exposed to toxic substances during the Manhattan Project (January 12, 1942- August 15, 1947) at the following sites across the United States: 2. Demographic and ...

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 never-before-seen photographs, explore the secret U.S. facility and home to the Manhattan Project scientists who developed the first nuclear weapon Photographs by Minesh Bacrania By Jennie ...

It includes the laboratories and living quarters of the Manhattan Project scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico; the site of the world's first industrial-scale plutonium reactor, known as the “B ...

As part of the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos — both its very existence and the work that went on there — was kept from Americans during World War II. Many of the thousands of scientists on the ...

Ominously enough, one of his primary examples of a unifying initiative worth emulating is World War II’s Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs. He sees the building of those ...

Those bombs were developed as part of the Manhattan Project atomic weapons program. The Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which preserves key sites and documents the bombs' development ...

The Los Alamos History Museum is showcasing new photos that John “Mike” Michnovicz took during the Manhattan Project. Michnovicz captured some of the most iconic images of the top-secret ...

Naomi Alderman explores the multifaceted mind of J Robert Oppenheimer, scientific lead on the Manhattan Project, a vast, top secret scheme to build the world's first atomic bombs. Show more Naomi ...