History day project:
The atomic bomb
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Nuclear bombs - Fission bombs - Hydrogen bombs, all
are atomic weapons, the most powerful weapons known to mankind.
They have the power to destroy towns, cities, the Earth… Anything
in their way. They are the fate of the world and the peace
that stands in the way of war.
Fission weapons were discovered in 1905 by the scientist Albert Einstein. He wrote the book about the theory of relativity. According to the theory of relativity the relation between mass and energy was expressed in the equation E=MC˛ this states that a given mass in associated with an amount of energy; for example, 2.2 pounds of matter converted completely into energy would yield the amount of energy released from a 22 megaton (twenty-two million tons) of dynamite. When this data was converted into a weapon form it created the atomic or fission bomb. The first atomic bomb was detonated by the United States on August 6, 1945, called the Little Boy Bomb. It produced an explosion that devastated the city of Hiroshima, in Japan, and killed tens of thousands of people in less that one minute.
The first atomic bomb was detonated by the United States on August 6, 1945, called the Little Boy Bomb. It produced an explosion that devastated the city of Hiroshima, in Japan, and killed tens of thousands of people in less that one minute. Although the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a hostile manner, it was discovered in Germany and first tested in Mexico. Since then governments everywhere in the world have changed their shape, power, and technology.
Fireball, Shock wave, Mushroom cloud… All are viewed in the atomic bomb going off. When an atomic bomb explodes, a fireball creates shock and heat waves that destroy structures in the immediate vicinity of the blast. The rising fireball sucks up debris to form.
a mushroom cloud. Damage can occur over large distances. For example, the radius for severe damage could be approximately 18 km (11 mi) for a 10 megaton blast. Radioactive fallout may be dispersed worldwide through global atmospheric process.
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a mushroom cloud. Damage can occur over large distances. For example, the radius for severe damage could be approximately 18 km (11 mi) for a 10 megaton blast. Radioactive fallout may be dispersed worldwide through global atmospheric process.
