Welcome to this page about the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb is a weapon of mass destruction and uses fission to release huge amounts of energy. Read about scientist that were involved in the making of the bomb and read about how an atomic bomb works.
J.Robert Oppenheimer was a nuclear physicist born in New york and would be known to one of the keypersons of building the first atomic bomb. He was also known for administrating the Manhattan Project.
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Albert Einstein was a jewish, German-American physicist. Along with Einsteins equation e=mc2 or the theory of special relativity he became one of the most notorius scientist in the world.
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The atomic bomb uses an unstable element like uranium-235 or plutonium-239. When a neutron strikes one of these elements the nucleus splits into two fragments, that nucleas then splits aswell and gives away neutrons causing a chain reaction. There is so much energy being released that the bomb explodes causing huge amount of damage to its surroundings.