J. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project and helped develop America's first atomic weapons during World War II. The ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer became known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb after serving as scientific director of Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, America's secret nuclear weapons program in World ...

There was more to the Manhattan Project than just creating an atomic bomb. There was also the effort to spin the story afterward, by co-opting the press and presenting a benevolent picture of atomic ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! During WWII, there was growing concern that German scientists had discovered how to split a uranium atom. This could potentially lead to the creation ...

In 1939, scientists realized a terrifying possibility. If they could harness nuclear chain reactions, they might create a bomb far exceeding the power of conventional weapons. A letter signed by ...

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki capped six years of top-secret work by scientists from Europe and North America. Here is an overview of how that process unfolded. – Einstein warning – In ...

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...