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Invention of Atomic Bomb

United States of America · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1943–1956Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1943

Julius Robert Oppenheimer1943

Los Alamos · Science / Technology

Appointed head of the Manhattan Project by Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb

Franklin Delano Roosevelt1943

Science / Technology

Roosevelt decides to test Einsteins theory & develop the atomic bomb

1956

Arthur Holly Compton1956

Science / Technology

"Atomic Quest", development of the atom bomb while director of the Manhattan Project

Names involved

Arthur Holly ComptonFranklin Delano RooseveltJulius Robert Oppenheimer

Provenance

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