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Manhattan Project

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1942–1943Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1942

Nicholas Kurti1942

Oxford · Science / Physics

Simon and Kurti develop gaseous-diffusion methods for separating uranium-235.

Franz Simon1942

Oxford · Science / Physics

Simon and Kurti develop gaseous-diffusion methods for separating uranium-235.

1943

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill19 August 1943

Science / Physics

Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sign Quebec Agreement & a team of British scientists join the Manhattan Project as a result, including Klaus Fuchs

Mark Oliphant1943

Birmingham · Science / Physics

Moves from Birmingham nuclear research into Allied atomic bomb work.

Names involved

Franz SimonMark OliphantNicholas KurtiWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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