Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost overnight, the ranching enclave on a remote plateau in northern New Mexico was transformed into a ...
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...
A historic Manhattan Project building is getting a new lease on life in Los Alamos, as the county plans to transform it into a hub for national park tourism. New ...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Tucked away in one of northern New Mexico's pristine mountain canyons is an old log cabin that was the birthplace not of a famous person, but a top-secret mission that forever ...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Los Alamos National Laboratory Historical Society is releasing new photos that John “Mike” Michnovicz took during the Manhattan Project. Michnovicz captured some of the ...
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The Forgotten Target: Inside the Canceled Third Atomic Bomb Operation in WWII
The conclusion of World War II came with a daunting choice that forever changed history: the use of atomic bombs on Japan.
Reprint. Originally published: Manhattan District history, Project Y, the Los Alamos Project. Los Alamos : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, 1961. (LAMS ; 2532) With new ...
After discussing the emergence of nuclear physics, Close goes on to talk about the Allies’ development of the nuclear bomb. A ...
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