August sixth, 1945 a devastating day for some and a victorious day for others. August 6th was the day the United States government chose to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and in one flash the world was introduced to the new atomic age. The United States and the Soviet Union were in an arms...

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The Manhattan Project was started during World War II as a response to a letter from Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard to President Roosevelt warning that "the Germans might be well on the way to creating a weapon, the use which might determine the outcome of the war" (Davidson 554). ...

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