The Dawn of the Nuclear Age (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Nuclear Age start date & time
Nuclear Age start date & time
5:30 am, 16 July 1945
Rutherford's title in nuclear physics
Rutherford's title in nuclear physics
Father of nuclear physics
Nuclear fission discoverers (2 Austrian)
Nuclear fission discoverers (2 Austrian)
Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch
Einstein's letter to Roosevelt date
Einstein's letter to Roosevelt date
2 August 1939
Manhattan Project employees total
Manhattan Project employees total
Over 130,000 people
Trinity Test date
Trinity Test date
16 July 1945
Los Alamos laboratory director
Los Alamos laboratory director
Robert Oppenheimer
Hiroshima atomic bombing date
Hiroshima atomic bombing date
6 August 1945
Nagasaki atomic bombing date
Nagasaki atomic bombing date
9 August 1945
Little Boy delivery aircraft
Little Boy delivery aircraft
Single B-29 bomber