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The Creation of the Manhattan Project

This chapter of the podcast episode discusses the creation of the Manhattan Project in the summer of 1942, which was a military endeavor tasked with building the first atomic bomb. The chapter includes details about the leaders of the project, the selection of the Los Alamos site, the production of uranium and plutonium, and the challenges of maintaining secrecy.

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