The brilliant theoretical physicist who served as the scientific director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, where the bombs were actually designed.
The Manhattan Project was the massive, top-secret U.S. government initiative during World War II that successfully developed the world’s first atomic weapons. Driven by the fear that Nazi Germany was developing nuclear technology, the project combined the efforts of the military, industry, and the world’s leading scientific minds to translate theoretical physics into a devastating reality. 1. Key Figures and Leadership The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb
The "hard-driving" director of the project from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who oversaw all construction and security. The brilliant theoretical physicist who served as the
Led the team that achieved the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb