Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Periodicals
Bethe, Hans A., Kurt Gottfried, and Roald Z. Sagdeev. "Did Bohr Share Nuclear Secrets?"
Scientific American May 1995: n. pag. Print. This is an article in the magazine Scientific
American. It contemplates the possibility that Neils Bohr was giving nuclear secrets to
the Soviets. It helped me understand that some of the most trusted people in the
Manhattan Project were spies for the Soviets, trying to steal the secrets for the atomic
bomb.
"Genius of the Atom Bomb: Julius Robert Oppenheimer." New York Times Apr. 1963: n. pag.
History Study Center. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.historystudycenter.com/search/proxyProquestPDF.do?collectionsTag=hns&
format=AIMG&PQID=90568575>.
Peck, A. P. "Atomic Bombs." Scientific American Oct. 1945: n. pag. Print. This is an article by
the magazine Scientific American. It explains how the atomic bomb actually worked. It
helped me understand how the uranium atom in one of the bombs split and released
energy, therefore starting a chain reaction.
Shalett, Sidney. "New Age Ushered." New York Times [New York] 7 Aug. 1945: n. pag.
America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
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Nonperiodicals
Bird, Kai, and Martin J. Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer. N.p.: Vintage Books, 2006. Print. This book is biography of the renowned
physicist and "father of the bomb", Julius Robert Oppenheimer. This book helped me
understand the struggles and triumphs of this great person. It explained that while this
man had great triumphs, he also had great tragedies, such as when he lost his security
clearance within the U.S. Government.
Encyclopedia of the Cold War. New York: Routledge, 2008. History Study Center. Web. 15 Oct.
2014.
<http://www.historystudycenter.com/search/displayMultiResultReferenceItem.do?Multi=
yes&ResultsID=1487ADB9344&fromPage=search&ItemNumber=3&QueryName=refer
ence>. This is an entry from the Encyclopedia of the Cold War on J. Robert
Oppenheimer. I learned about how Oppenheimer influenced the Manhattan Project in Los
Alamos and later the Atomic Energy Commission. This has helped me understand more
about Julius Robert Oppenheimer.
Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. New
York: Flash Point, n.d. Print. This is a book about the race to build the atomic bomb. This
book explains the deadly race between the Americans, Germans, British and Soviets. It
helped me understand that while the Americans, British and Soviets were allies, the
Americans and British didn't trust the Soviets.
Ward, Geoffrey C. The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945. N.p.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print.
This entry of this encyclopedia is the history of the atomic bomb droppings and the
aftermath of them. This helped me understand the horror of the Japanese people that so
many people had died. It explained that while the war had ended and there would be
more killing, hundreds of thousands of lives ended in an instant.
Audiovisual
Alamy. More than 40 nuclear tests are thought to have been conducted in an area now being
earmarked for tourists. Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited 2015, 2015. Web. 5
Fission is the splitting of an atom and this is an image of fission happening. ZME Science. N.p.,
19 July 2011. Web. 29 Dec. 2014. <http://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/fissiontectonic-18072011/>.
Gun-type uranium bomb design. Facts and Details. Jeffrey Hayes, 2008. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://factsanddetails.com/asian/ca67/sub429/item2518.html>.
Idaho National Laboratory. "File:Atomic Energy Commission.jpg." Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atomic_Energy_Commission.jpg>. Symbol of
the AEC
Implosion-type plutonium bomb design. Facts and Details. Jeffrey Hayes, 2008. Web. 31 Dec.
2014. <http://factsanddetails.com/asian/ca67/sub429/item2518.html>.
Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1943. Los Alamos Study Group. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec.
2014. <http://www.lasg.org/sites/lanl.htm>.
Otto Hahn and Lise Meinter. Chemistry Explained. Advameg, n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ma-Na/Meitner-Lise.html>.
A picture of the radioactive element Uranium. Periodic Table. Element Collection, n.d. Web. 29
Dec. 2014. <http://periodictable.com/Elements/092/index.html>.
Picture taken by U.S. investigatiors a month or two after atomic bombing. The Japan Times.
Japan Times, n.d. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/24/national/nagasaki-bomb-museum-shows26-new-photos/#.VKLs7d0M4>.
Trinity Test. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2014. Web. 29 Dec.
2014. <http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/trinity-test-1945>. This is a six second
video of the Trinity atomic bomb test.
An UN AEC meeting. Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog. Alex Wellerstein, 2011. Web.
1 Jan. 2015. <http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/tag/david-lilienthal/>.
United States Department of Energy. "File:Operation Castle - Romeo 001.jpg." Wikimedia
Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Feb. 2007. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Castle_-_Romeo_001.jpg>.
Thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb test Romeo
A V-2 rocket being launched to hit British civilians in early 1945 []. Daily Express. Northern and
Shell Media, 21 Apr. 2011. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/241979/Now-Germans-want-a-V-2-rockettheme-park>.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." People and Discoveries. WGBH, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baoppe.html>. This website is the
history of Julius Robert Oppenheimer's adult life from college to death. This helped me
understand how great a mind Oppenheimer must have been to lead such a project as the
Manhattan Project. It also showed that his realization that he had made a weapon of
ultimate destruction made him oppose the creation of an even more powerful weapon, the
hydrogen bomb.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)." atomicarchive.com. atomicarchive.com, n.d. Web. 13
Oct. 2014. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Oppenheimer.shtml>. This is a website
about Julius Robert Oppenheimer. It taught me a short summary of this great man's life.
Also, it gave me some information about his personal life that I haven't seen before.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 04:06, Oct 13, 2014,
from <http://www.biography.com/people/j-robert-oppenheimer-9429168>. This is a
website providing a close-up look at J. Robert Oppenheimer's struggles. It mainly talks
about the Manhattan Project, which Oppenheimer led. Also, it talks about his fight for
international control of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
"The Manhattan Project." Los Alamos History. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://losalamoshistory.org/manhattan_project.htm>. This is a website made by the Los
Alamos National Laboratory explaining the history of the Manhattan Project. It helped
me understand how secret the project was. It also helped me understand the stress on the
scientists to build the bomb.
Spence, Robert. "Otto Hahn." Encyclopedia Britannica. N.p., 9 Sept. 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/251675/Otto-Hahn>. This is a website by
Encyclopedia Britannica titled "Otto Hahn". It explains the life of Otto Hahn, one of the
people who discovered fission. This article helped me how open the scientific community
was, so much so that discoveries were transmitted around the world.
"This Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima." History. A&E Televsion
Networks, 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014. <http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/atomic-bomb-is-dropped-on-hiroshima/>. This is a article by History titled "This
Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima". It is an account of the dropping
of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It helped me understand the impact of the bomb.
"This Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki." History. A&E Television
Networks, 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014. <http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki>. This is an article by History titled "This
Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki". It is an account of the drop of
the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It helped me understand the impact of
the bomb.
Walker, Mark. "Nazis and the Bomb." NOVA. WGBH Educational Foundation, 8 Nov. 2005.
Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/nazis-and-the-bomb.html>.
This is a website of PBS titled "Nazis and the Bomb". This explains the German atomic
bomb project. It helped me understand that the Germans were quite far behind the United
States in terms of the arms race.
Carr. In the interview, Mr. Carr talked in depth about Mr. Oppenheimer. One of his main
points was that while Mr. Oppenheimer accepted the atomic bomb, he feared the
hydrogen bomb's excessive power.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, et al. Memo. 30 Oct. 1949. Digital file. This is a memo writen by
Oppenhiemer and other scientists in the GAC. It taught me that while they wanted the
atomic bomb to be dropped, they feared the hydrogen bomb's excessive power.
Wellerstein, Alex. E-mail interview. 16 Oct. 2014. This is an interview with Mr. Alex
Wellerstein, an assistant professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.
Mr. Wellerstein has a PhD in the History of Science from Harvard University. In the
interview he explained in depth about Oppenheimer's accomplishments and his part in the
Manhattan Project.