aug 13, 1942 - Manhattan Project
Description:
Scientists led by Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi, labored diligently for some 6 years developing nuclear physics to an understanding requisite to crank out a weapon of unfathomable power. Two types of atomic bombs were developed concurrently during the war: a relatively simple gun-type fission weapon and a more complex implosion-type nuclear weapon.Added to timeline:
Date:
aug 13, 1942
Now
~ 83 years ago