Manhattan Project
2017-06-24T13:59:26-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/cdb/20170624140232003_hd.jpgProfessor Martin Sherwin talked about the Manhattan Project, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Professor Sherwin is the author of A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies and co-author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Mr. Sherwin detailed the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the bombing of the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Professor Martin Sherwin talked about the Manhattan Project, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the use of atomic… read more
Professor Martin Sherwin talked about the Manhattan Project, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Professor Sherwin is the author of A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies and co-author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Mr. Sherwin detailed the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery of fission in 1938 through the bombing of the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. close
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