The Manhattan Project: The Creation of the Atomic Bomb

Joseph Russo Junior Division Individual Website

Process Paper
Why I choose this topic: After being told by my teacher that my class would be participating in NHD and we should think about what we would want to do our project on, I looked around the internet for something I would like to do. Thats when I came upon the Manhattan Project. I had heard about it before, though I did not know much about it beyond it resulting in the creation of the atomic bomb. After looking a little farther into it, I become further interested in it and seeing that it would fit in this years theme I decided it would be a good topic to do my project on. How I conducted my research: First I went to a couple of libraries where I found a number of books on the Manhattan Project and an encyclopedia entry that gave me a good generalization of the project and the key facts in it. I looked through the books and decided which ones would be most useful to me and read through most of those while taking notes. After that I went on the internet to look for any good sources or possibly primary articles put online that I could use. I found a few good websites and articles that would help me, including the letter Albert Einstein gave to President Roosevelt concerning nuclear weapons. I now had all the information I would need to start putting together my project. How I created and developed my exhibit: Once I had gotten on the website creator and learned how to do everything I got to work. After putting down some brief information about myself I first started on The Cause page. While working on my website I would have multiple books, websites, and notes out to look through multiple things at once and craft all the information before me into what I put into my website. I continued doing one page at a time until I finally finished. I then looked over my website, making any changes that were needed. How my project relates to the theme: My project relates to the theme in many ways. The Manhattan Project led to the arms race between different countries to create their own nuclear weapons. It forever changed how people would think about nuclear energy and still today people argue whether the United States should have bombed Japan. Scientists have continued to use nuclear power for many different uses. It helped prevent other countries from using nuclear weapons for fear of full out nuclear war.

Bibliography
Secondary Sources
Sullivan, Edward T. The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb. New York: Holiday House, 2007. Print. I used the about the first 17 pages for most of my information on "The Cause" Section. I also skimmed through the rest of the book and took notes on things of interest.

Stein, R. Conrad. The Manhattan Project. Chicago: Childrens, 1993. Print. This book taught me how the atomic bombs worked and how the scientists made it which was very useful to know.

"Manhattan Project." Britannica. 15th ed. Print. I used this entry to get a general idea and overview on all the key events in the Manhattan Project and know what else to look for from it.

Gonzales, Doreen. The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb in American History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000. Print. This book on the Manhattan Project was useful as it gave information on things that other sources wouldn't have such as measurements and amounts of different things.

Primary Sources
"Albert Einstein -- FDR - 8/2/39." Directory of /. Web. 2 Jan. 2012. <http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/PSF/BOX5/A64A01.HTML>. I used this primary source for viewing in my website to show exactly what Einstein had written. Albert Einstein -- FDR - 8/2/39." Directory of /. Web. 2 Jan. 2012. <http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/PSF/BOX5/A64A02.HTML>. I used this primary source for viewing in my website to show exactly what Einstein had written. Image of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being bombed. Digital image. Wikipedia. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg/300pxAtomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg>. I used this picture in the "Afterwards" section of my website. Germany invading Poland. Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/wlc/image/80/80487.jpg>. I used this image in "The Cause" section of my website.

Leo Szilard. Digital image. Atomicarhieve. National Science Digital Library. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/SzilardPhoto.shtml>. I used this image in "The Cause" section of my website Enrico Fermi. Digital image. Nobleprize.org. The Nobel Foundation. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1938/fermi-bio.html>. I used this image in "The Cause" section of my website

Westcott, Ed. General Leslie Groves. Digital image. Web. 13 Jan. 2012. <http://sunsite.utk.edu/westcott/groves2.htm>. I used this image in "The Beginning" section in my website

Dr. Robert Oppenheimer. Digital image. Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau. Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau. Web. 13 Jan. 2012. <http://oakridgevisitor.com/history/faces-oppenheimer.html>. I used this image in "The Beginning" section of my website.

Little Boy atomic bomb. Digital image. The First Atomic Weapons. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Med/Lbfm.html>. I used this image in "wrapping up" section of my website

Fat Man atomic bomb. Digital image. Wikipedia. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man>. I used this image in "Wrapping Up" section

Trinity explosion. Digital image. Scipy.org. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://www.scipy.org/Trinity>. I used this in "Wrapping Up" section The Trinity test, first man- made nuclear explosion, Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. Digital image. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Research-Review/Magazine/1981/81fchp3.html>. I used this image on the home page of my website.

Victim of atomic bomb. Digital image. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of English. University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bombing.htm>. I used this in the "Aftermath" section of my website. Hiroshima after bombing. Digital image. Glogster EDU. Glogster EC, Inc. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. <http://riley12.edu.glogster.com/atomic-bomb/>. I used this image in the "Afterwards" Section of my website. Tower at Trinity. Digital image. Atomicarchive.com. Division of Undergraduate Education. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/sites/Trinity_Site.shtml>. I used this image in the "Wrapping Up" Section of my website

Manhattan Project Emblem. Digital image. Manhattan Project : Letter from Einstein to Roosvelt. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. <http://tpemath-anglais.e-monsite.com/pages/manhattan-project-letter-from-einstein-to-roosvelt.html>. I used this image in my slideshow on the home page. Alpha Tracks at Y-12. Digital image. The Nuclear Weapons Archieve. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. <http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Med/Med.html>. I used this in the slideshow on my home page.

Clark, Ed. Manhattan Project Oak Ridge. Digital image. Cnet. CBS Interactive, 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. <http://news.cnet.com/2300-1025_3-6247794-3.html>. I used this image in the slideshow on my home page.