"Einstein's theories are credited as the starting point of nuclear physics, modern cosmology and quantum mechanics- (Freeman 3). ... Albert Einstein affected the history with his epochal papers which were destined to revolutionize the science of physics. ... After he finished school and went to Milan to join his family, he went to Zurich where he studied mathematic and physics from 1896 to 1900 (Candee 178). ... This theory later developed the atomic bomb and brought him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 (Thomas 3). ...

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While at Harvard, he excelled in Latin, Greek, physics, and chemistry. ... In 1929, he returned to the U.S. to become assistant professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. ... While he was professor, he covered numerous areas of physics. Oppenheimer made contributions to the cosmic ray theory, quantum mechanics, atomic theory, nuclear physics, fundamental particles, and astrophysics. ...

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The fields of nuclear engineering, nuclear physics and computational physics have graduated many scientists and engineers that are quite capable of figuring out how to design a nuclear weapon that would work. ...

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The need to be ready for war with nuclear weapons and peacekeeping with no weapons are both different ethical environmental issues that are closely associated with each other. They are hard to balance because of their contradicting characteristics. It is nuclear weapons and threatening hostilities...

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Anyone with a reasonable physics degree and access to a good technical library could design a workable atomic bomb in less than six months but in the 1940's, designing and making an atomic bomb was a race against time. ...

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The defense of a nation has come a long way in the span of history. With military technology becoming ever more precise and devastating, creating an effective defense against these weapons is quite essential. When the English created the longbow in med-evil times it revolutionized the way war was...

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