The bombing of Japan left a big scar in humanity’s history. It devastated millions of lives and changed the course of Japan’s future in an instant. While the US did the deed, did you know that its ally, Great Britain, had a hand in it too? There was a standing treaty regarding nuclear research and […]
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The Manhattan Project was the code name given to the American-led effort in developing functional atomic weapons during the Second World War. The whole project started as a response to the fear that Germans have been working on nuclear technology since the 1930s. While the project employed some of the brightest minds in America, did
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Qian Xuesen was the Father of Chinese Aerospace, helping the nation build its aeronautical technology. But did you know that the great rocket scientist became a historical figure because of the Red Scare in the fifties? Qian Xuesen was a Chinese rocket scientist and mathematician who was part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. He was
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During the Second World War, powerhouses like the United States started working on nuclear weapons to destroy their enemies and eventually win the war. The project to create a fully functional atomic weapon was kept a secret the whole time. If so, how did former US President Harry Truman find out about it? While serving
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