The ideas of the Manhattan project
Above this text is the image of the nuclear test "Trinity", what was made July 16, 1945, what was the first nuclear test in history. The "Manhattan project" is one of the most well-known military projects, and there was, of course, the purpose to make the nuclear bomb, but there was also one of the most interesting roles in history. The purpose of that project was also observing the workers and how they acted during the project. Data that was collected is used to track the new Enrico Fermi and the new Richard Feynman.
That project rises the physicists in the highlights, but there were many other people, who worked in stage for creating calculation formulas, chemical methods for separating uranium from ore or making the way, how the bomb should be detonated. Many people know that there is two way to make nuclear bomb, uranium or plutonium. But separating uranium from the ore is one of the most difficult chemical processes in the world and the plutonium road allows us to make smaller bombs. And of course, those bombs require sophisticated transportation systems. So every people, who worked in this kind of project are important.
One of the ideas was to make the psychological profile about things, what are the notes of the top scientists in the world, and that's why the security personnel collect things like, what kind of books those scientists read, and what kind of things they were read and what kind of music they listen. The problem with the profile makers was that they should make those persons acting freely, and make them feel comfortable. The psychological profile is suitable and trusted only when the person, who is under the observation acts freely.
And the main problem with people, who are under the observation wants to show the best smile for the observer. So if the security staff and FBI would find some common detail, what is unique for the people, who are under the observation, but what other people would not buy or use that thing could make it possible to track similar persons like Enrico Fermi from the schools. There was also another interesting thing, what those researchers wanted to find out.
That thing was the answer to the question, why every people, who have physics as a major subject would not be like Fermi or some other person, who was the top scientist during that time. People like Fermi and other people, who worked with the atomic bomb could make that kind of bomb in every other state in the world. But as we know that the people like Fermi worked with the final application.
Many people participated in that operation, which is known as the "Manhattan project". The nuclear physicists worked with the enriched uranium and plutonium. The persons who made the nuclear bomb used similar things that were like "Lego". Other people who were working in the chemical and other kinds of radiological processes. The mission of those people was to separate uranium from the ore. And then produce plutonium for the bomb. Also many inventions in computer technology made because of the "Manhattan project" needed a new type of calculation machine like ENIAC, the first electronic computer in the world.
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