Works Cited

Primary Sources
Letter or Memo
Einstein, Albert. Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2 Aug. 1939. atomicarchive.com.
atomicarchive.com. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Begin/Einstein_image1.shtml>. This the letter
from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt. It explained the dangers of a uranium bomb
and offered suggestions as to what to do to stop a bomb of this magnitude being used on
America and/or making a bomb of our own.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Interview by Stephane Groueff. 1965. This is a rare interview with the
physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer by Stephane Groueff. In it, Oppenheimer talks about his
part in the Manhattan Project and how he got there. It helped me understand the man
behind the bomb.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, et al. Memo. 30 Oct. 1949. Digital file. This is a memo writen by
Oppenhiemer and other scientists in the GAC. It taught me that while they wanted the
atomic bomb to be dropped, they feared the hydrogen bomb's excessive power.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Letter to Albert Einstein. 19 Oct. 1939. atomicarchive.com.
atomicarchive.com. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Begin/Roosevelt_image.shtml>. This is a letter
from President Roosevelt to Einstein. It thanks Einstein for his information on potential
bomb and tells Einstein that he (the President) had convened a Board to investigate what
Einstein had said.

Stimson, Henry. "Letter from Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Harry S. Truman,
April 24, 1945." Letter to Harry S. Truman. 24 Apr. 1945. TS. The U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration. This is a letter from Secretary of War Henry
Stimson to President Harry S. Truman. Stimson is asking for a meeting with Truman, to
explain something of "a highly secret matter". He is talking about the existence of the
Manhattan Project.
Books/Reference Sources
Pais, Abraham. J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life. New York: Oxford UP, 2006. Print. This is a
book titled J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life. It shows text by several people in the
Manhattan Project explaining how Oppie was a leader.
Ward, Geoffrey C. The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945. N.p.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print.
This entry of The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945 is the history of the atomic bomb
droppings and the aftermath of them. This helped me understand the horror of the
Japanese people that so many people had died. It explained that while the war had ended
and there would be more killing, hundreds of thousands of lives ended in an instant.
Newspapers
"Genius of the Atom Bomb: Julius Robert Oppenheimer." New York Times Apr. 1963: n. pag.
History Study Center. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.historystudycenter.com/search/proxyProquestPDF.do?collectionsTag=hns&
format=AIMG&PQID=90568575>. This is a newspaper article on J. Robert
Oppenheimer from the New York Times.
Shalett, Sidney. "New Age Ushered." New York Times [New York] 7 Aug. 1945: n. pag.
America's Historical Newspapers. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. <http://hn.bigchalk.com>. This is

a newspaper article from the New York Times on the atomic bomb droppings. This
article was published two days after the bomb was dropped. It provides a look at what the
government at Washington, DC said in response to this disaster.
Wood, Lewis. "Steel Tower 'Vaporized' in Trial of Mighty Bomb." New York Times 7 Aug.
1945: n. pag. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
<http://hn.bigchalk.com>. This is a newspaper article on the trial of the atomic bomb.
This trial took place in New Mexico and was top secret. I learned that all the scientists at
the testing were very excited and nervous.
Magazines
Peck, A. P. "Atomic Bombs." Scientific American Oct. 1945: n. pag. Print. This is an article by
the magazine Scientific American. It explains how the atomic bomb actually worked. It
helped me understand how the uranium atom in one of the bombs split and released
energy, therefore starting a chain reaction.
Documentaries
The Day After Trinity. Dir. Jon Else. KTEH/Public Broadcasting Service, 1981. Film. This is a
documentary titled "The Day After Trinity". It is a recounting of the race to build the
atomic bomb. It helped me understand the story of the Manhattan Project.
Photo/Image
Alamy. More than 40 Nuclear Tests Are Thought To Have Been Conducted in an Area Now
Being Earmarked for Tourists. Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited 2015, 2015.
Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9612318/China-toopen-atomic-bomb-site-for-tourism.html>.

Baker, Ernest Hamlin. Time Magazine Cover From November 8, 1948. TIME Magazine. Time,
n.d. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
<http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601481108,00.html>. Time Magazine
Cover From November 8, 1948.
Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs. "File:JROppenheimer-LosAlamos.jpg."
Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, Feb. 2005. Web. 5 Jan. 2015.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JROppenheimer-LosAlamos.jpg>. J Robert
Oppenheimer
Devastation of Hiroshima. iviews.com. Tribune Content Agency, 2014. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IV1408-5922>. Devastation of
Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped.
Ernest Lawrence at His Laboratory in Berkley. Quest. KQED, 27 July 2010. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://science.kqed.org/quest/2010/07/27/producers-notes-homegrown-particleaccelerators/>. Ernest Lawrence at His Laboratory in Berkley
"File:Bundesarchiv Bild183-R57262, Werner Heisenberg.jpg." Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia, 15 June 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild183R57262,_Werner_Heisenberg.jpg>. This is a photograph of Werner Heisenberg, one of
the leaders of the German atomic bomb project.
"File:DBP 1979 1020 Otto Hahn Kernspaltung.jpg." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia
Foundation, 17 Aug. 2010. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DBP_1979_1020_Otto_Hahn_Kernspaltung.jp

g>. This is a stamp celebrating the Nobel Prize in chemistry that Otto Hahn won for
discovering fission.
"File:German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945.jpg." Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia Foundation, 11 May 2005. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_Experimental_Pile_-_Haigerloch__April_1945.jpg>. This is a picture of the German atomic bomb laboratory in
Haigerloch, Germany. Allied Soldiers are dismantling it.
"File: Kurt Diebner.jpg." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Nov. 2014. Web. 29
Dec. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurt_Diebner.jpg>. This is a
picture of Kurt Diebner, a German physicist who headed the German atomic bomb
project.
"File:Leslie Groves.jpg." Wkimedai Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Jan. 2005. Web. 30
Dec. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leslie_Groves.jpg>. This is a
photo of Leslie Groves, the military commander of Manhattan Project
"File:Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss pers0164.jpg." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation,
27 July 2004. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewis_Lichtenstein_Strauss_pers0164.jpg>.
Lewis Strauss, chairman of the AEC.
Gatteri, Frank. "Harry S. Truman (18841972)." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation,
2011. Web. 31 Jan. 2015.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_S._Truman.jpg>. This is a photo taken
of President Harry S. Truman. It was taken around 1945.

Groves, Leslie Richard: Groves and Oppenheimer working on the Manhattan Project.
Photograph. Britannica Online for Kids. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
<http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-120332>. Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves and J.
Robert Oppenheimer working on the Manhattan Project.
"In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Transcript of Hearing before Personnel Security
Board, Washington D.C., April 12, 1954, through May 6, 1954." Barbosa Books. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.barbarossabooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=28575>. A picture
of the cover of the transcript of Oppenheimer's security hearing before the AEC
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Library of Congress. N.p., 1949. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. This is the photo
that I used on Oppenheimer's page. It is an official government photo taken in 1949.
"Los Alamos." atomicarchive.com. AJ Software & Multimedia, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/mp/p4s25.shtml>. This is a picture of the Los
Alamos Main Gate. It was taken from atomicarchive.com.
"Los Alamos." Atomicarchive.com. AJ Software & Multimedia, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/mp/p4s25.shtml>. This is a picture of the Los
Alamos Main Gate.
Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1943. Los Alamos Study Group. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec.
2014. <http://www.lasg.org/sites/lanl.htm>. This is a photo of the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in 1943.
Morse, Ralph. "Scientist Edward Teller, Congratulating Fermi Award Winner J. Robert
Oppenheimer." AllPosters.com. AllPoster.com, n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Scientist-Edward-Teller-Congratulating-Fermi-Award-

Winner-J-Robert-Oppenheimer-Posters_i5332521_.htm>. This is picture of Edward

Teller congratulating Oppenheimer on his winning of the Fermi Award.
Nagasaki Devastation after Atomic Bombing. The Japan Times. Japan Times, n.d. Web. 30 Dec.
2014. <http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/24/national/nagasaki-bomb-museumshows-26-new-photos/#.VKLs7d0M4>. Picture taken by U.S. investigators a month or
two after atomic bombing.
"Notes of Meeting of the Interim Committee, May 31, 1945. Miscellaneous Historical
Documents Collection." Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Harry S. Truman
Library and Museum, n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/ind
ex.php?documentdate=1945-0531&documentid=39&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1>. This document shows
the members of the Interim Committee. Oppenheimer is one of the Invited Scientists.
One of the Sites of the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project: An Interactive History. U.S.
Department of Energy - Office of History and Heritage Resources, n.d. Web. 29 Jan.
2015. <https://www.osti.gov/manhattan-projecthistory/Resources/photo_gallery/tech_area_large.htm>. This is a labeled photo of the Los
Alamos site. It was taken from The Manhattan Project: An Interactive History and is
courtesy of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Otto Hahn and Lise Meinter. Chemistry Explained. Advameg, n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ma-Na/Meitner-Lise.html>. This is a photo of Lise
Meitner and Otto Hahn.

Trinity Test. Atomic Heritage Foundation. Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2014. Web. 29 Dec.
2014. <http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/trinity-test-1945>. This is a six second
video of the Trinity atomic bomb test.
An UN AEC meeting. Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog. Alex Wellerstein, 2011. Web.
1 Jan. 2015. <http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/tag/david-lilienthal/>. This is a photo of a
UN AEC meeting in 1946.
United States Department of Energy. "File:Operation Castle - Romeo 001.jpg." Wikimedia
Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Feb. 2007. Web. 30 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org>. Thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb test Romeo
- - -. "Hans Bethe ID badge." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Nov. 2006. Web.
31 Jan. 2015. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Bethe_ID_badge.png>.
Picture of Hans Bethe's ID badge from Los Alamos.
- - -. "Leslie Groves." Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leslie_Groves.jpg>. Leslie Groves
Secondary Sources
Interviews
Carr, Alan B. E-mail interview by Omri Leshem. 17 Oct. 2014. This is an interview conducted
by me with Laboratory historian at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mr. Alan B.
Carr. In the interview, Mr. Carr talked in depth about Mr. Oppenheimer. One of his main
points was that while Mr. Oppenheimer accepted the atomic bomb, he feared the
hydrogen bomb's excessive power.
Wellerstein, Alex. E-mail interview. 16 Oct. 2014. This is an interview with Mr. Alex
Wellerstein, an assistant professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

Mr. Wellerstein has a PhD in the History of Science from Harvard University. In the
interview he explained in depth about Oppenheimer's accomplishments and his part in the
Manhattan Project.
Books/Reference Sources
Baggott, Jim. The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939-1949. Cloth
ed. New York: Pegasus, 2010. Print. This is a book by Jim Baggott titled The First War
of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939-1949. This book explains the
complicated history of the nuclear arms race. It helped me understand why this race had
such importance.
Bird, Kai, and Martin J. Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert
Oppenheimer. N.p.: Vintage Books, 2006. Print. This book is biography of the renowned
physicist and "father of the bomb", Julius Robert Oppenheimer. This book helped me
understand the struggles and triumphs of this great person. It explained that while this
man had great triumphs, he also had great tragedies, such as when he lost his security
clearance within the U.S. Government.
Encyclopedia of the Cold War. New York: Routledge, 2008. History Study Center. Web. 15 Oct.
2014. <http://www.historystudycenter.com>. This is an entry from the Encyclopedia of
the Cold War on J. Robert Oppenheimer. I learned about how Oppenheimer influenced
the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos and later the Atomic Energy Commission. This has
helped me understand more about Julius Robert Oppenheimer.
Hunner, Jon. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West. N.p.: U of Oklahoma
P, 2009. Print. This is a book by Jon Hunner on J. Robert Oppenheimer and that time
period.

Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. New
York: Flash Point, 2012. Print. This is a book about the race to build the atomic bomb.
This book explains the deadly race between the Americans, Germans, British and
Soviets. It helped me understand that while the Americans, British and Soviets were
allies, the Americans and British didn't trust the Soviets.
Research Report
Gosling, F. G. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. N.p.: United States
Department of Energy, 2010. Print. This is a report by the United States Department of
Energy. It explains what exactly happened, from the government's point of view in the
Manhattan Project.
Magazine
Bethe, Hans A., Kurt Gottfried, and Roald Z. Sagdeev. "Did Bohr Share Nuclear Secrets?"
Scientific American May 1995: n. pag. Print. This is an article in the magazine Scientific
American. It contemplates the possibility that Neils Bohr was giving nuclear secrets to
the Soviets. It helped me understand that some of the most trusted people in the
Manhattan Project were spies for the Soviets, trying to steal the secrets for the atomic
bomb.
Websites
Dannen, Gene, ed. Leo Szilard Online. Gene Dannen, 29 May 1995. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.dannen.com/szilard.html>. This is a website titled Leo Szilard Online. It is a
biography of Leo Szilard, but also includes important documents relating to the
Manhattan Project and World War II.

Elert, Glenn. "Albert Einstein's Letters to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt." E-World. Glenn
Elert, 2008. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
<http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/einstein.shtml#mirror>. This is a site called E-World.
It shows manuscripts of Einstein's letters to Roosevelt. It also shows pictures of these
letters.
"Enrico Fermi - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 24 Jan 2015.
<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1938/fermi-bio.html> This
is a biography of Enrico Fermi from Nobelprize.com website. It provided me with a
better understanding of why Fermi left his homeland, Italy.
"General Leslie Groves (1896 - 1970)." atomicarchive.com. AJ Software & Multimedia, n.d.
Web. 29 Jan. 2015. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Groves.shtml>. This is an
article titled General Leslie Groves (1896 - 1970). It explains Groves' career as an
engineer in the Army. It helped me understand how he was put in charge of the
Manhattan Project.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." American Experience. PBS, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX65.html>. This
website is a short biography of Julius Robert Oppenheimer's success as the head of the
group of scientists in Los Alamos, the secret laboratory in which the first atomic bomb
was designed. This helped me understand how the designing and making of the first
atomic bomb. It also helped me understand why J. Robert Oppenheimer's security
clearance was taken away by the United States Government.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." infoplease. Personal Education, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jrobertoppenheimer.html>. This is an article

titled J. Robert Oppenheimer from the site infoplease. It explains Oppenheimer's

personality.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." People and Discoveries. WGBH, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baoppe.html>. This website is the
history of Julius Robert Oppenheimer's adult life from college to death. This helped me
understand how great a mind Oppenheimer must have had to lead such a project as the
Manhattan Project. It also showed that his realization that he had made a weapon of
ultimate destruction made him oppose the creation of an even more powerful weapon, the
hydrogen bomb.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)." atomicarchive.com. atomicarchive.com, n.d. Web. 13
Oct. 2014. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Oppenheimer.shtml>. This is a website
about Julius Robert Oppenheimer. It taught me a short summary of this great man's life.
Also, it gave me some information about his personal life that I haven't seen before.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer. (2014). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 04:06, Oct 13, 2014,
from <http://www.biography.com/people/j-robert-oppenheimer-9429168>. This is a
website providing a close-up look at J. Robert Oppenheimer's struggles. It mainly talks
about the Manhattan Project, which Oppenheimer led. Also, it talks about his fight for
international control of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
"Leo Szilard (1898 - 1964)." atomicarchive.com. AJ Software & Multimedia, n.d. Web. 24 Jan.
2015. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/SzilardPhoto.shtml>. This is a page on the
website atomicarchive.com showing a picture of Leo Szilard and a caption.
"Locations." Voices of the Manhattan Project. Atomic Heritage Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 Jan.
2015. <http://manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations>. This is a page on the Voices of the

Manhattan Project titled Locations. It is a list of links to pages on the different locations
of the Manhattan Project.
"The Manhattan Project." Los Alamos History. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://losalamoshistory.org/manhattan_project.htm>. This is a website made by the Los
Alamos National Laboratory explaining the history of the Manhattan Project. It helped
me understand how secret the project. It also helped me understand the stress on the
scientists to build the bomb.
"The Manhattan Project." united states history. U-S-HISTORY, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1644.html>. This is an article on the Manhattan
Project from U-S-HISTORY. It explains the beginning of the project, and the effects of
it.
"The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb." atomicarchive.com. AJ Software &
Multimedia, n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2015. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/mp/>. This
is a chronology titled The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. It goes in depth
on how the project was started and how the bomb was made. It helped me understand
how the project began.
A Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project. U of California Televison. Film. This is a
documentary on the Manhattan Project. It provided me with many of the video clips I
have on my website.
"Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, and Fritz Strassmann." Chemical Heritage Foundation. Chemical
Heritage Foundation, 2010. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online-resources/chemistry-inhistory/themes/atomic-and-nuclear-structure/hahn-meitner-strassman.aspx>. This site

tells the story of how Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann and how they
discovered fission. It helped me understand how this partnership came together.
A picture of the radioactive element Uranium. Periodic Table. Element Collection, n.d. Web. 29
Dec. 2014. <http://periodictable.com/Elements/092/index.html>.
"Security and Secrecy." Atomic Heritage Foundation. Atomic Heritage Foundation, n.d. Web. 29
Jan. 2015. <http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/security-and-secrecy>. This is a
article on the website Atomic Heritage Foundation titled Security and Secrecy. It
describes the security measures that were done in the Los Alamos site.
Spence, Robert. "Otto Hahn." Encyclopedia Britannica. N.p., 9 Sept. 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/251675/Otto-Hahn>. This is a website by
Encyclopedia Britannica titled "Otto Hahn". It explains the life of Otto Hahn, one of the
people who discovered fission. This article helped me how open the scientific community
was, so much so that discoveries were transmitted around the world.
"This Day in History: Atomic Bomb Is Dropped on Hiroshima." History. A&E Televsion
Networks, 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014. <http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/atomic-bomb-is-dropped-on-hiroshima/>. This is a article by History titled "This
Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima". It is an account of the dropping
of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It helped me understand the impact of the bomb.
"This Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki." History. A&E Television
Networks, 2014. Web. 29 Dec. 2014. <http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki>. This is an article by History titled "This
Day in History: Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki". It is an account of the drop of

the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It helped me understand the impact of
the bomb.
Walker, Mark. "Nazis and the Bomb." NOVA. WGBH Educational Foundation, 8 Nov. 2005.
Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/nazis-and-the-bomb.html>.
This is a website of PBS titled "Nazis and the Bomb". This explains the German atomic
bomb project. It helped me understand that the Germans were quite far behind the United
States in terms of the arms race.
"World War II: Atomic Bomb--The Manhattan Project." Historical Boys' Clothing. N.p., 16 May
2003. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. <http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/air/pac/atom/ab-man.html>.
This is a site titled Historical Boys' Clothing. It is about World War II but specifically
there is a page about the Manhattan Project. It explained in detail the Nazi atomic bomb
project.
Photos/Images
Fission. ZME Science. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 29 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/fission-tectonic-18072011/>. Fission is the
splitting of an atom and this is an image of fission happening.
Gun-type Uranium Bomb Design. Facts and Details. Jeffrey Hayes, 2008. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://factsanddetails.com/asian/ca67/sub429/item2518.html>. This is a diagram of the
gun-type uranium bomb.
Idaho National Laboratory. "File:Atomic Energy Commission.jpg." Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 31 Dec. 2014.
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atomic_Energy_Commission.jpg>. Symbol of
the AEC

Implosion-type Plutonium Bomb Design. Facts and Details. Jeffrey Hayes, 2008. Web. 31 Dec.
2014. <http://factsanddetails.com/asian/ca67/sub429/item2518.html>. This is a diagram
of the implosion type plutonium bomb.