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The Manhattan Project

In Our Time: Science

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The Atomic Bomba

The sixteenth of july trinity test, as it became known was the first atom bomba. It took place in the new mexico desert before dawn. The scientists and engineers were buzsed away from los alamos through the night. There was a flash in the sky about 20 miles away which was described later as being brighter than a thousand suns.

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