The Manhattan Project

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical project
gptkbp:collaborations scientists and military
gptkbp:director gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkbp:documentedIn The_Manhattan_Project:_The_Birth_of_the_Atomic_Bomb
gptkbp:employs engineers
military personnel
scientists
gptkbp:established gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
nuclear reactors
bomb design facilities
separation plants
gptkbp:finish 1946
gptkbp:followedBy nuclear proliferation
nuclear disarmament discussions
the development of the hydrogen bomb
the_establishment_of_the_Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkbp:foundedIn 1942
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Manhattan Project
gptkbp:influenced post-war nuclear policy
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for international relations
scientific research
military technology
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of numerous books and films
gptkbp:is_characterized_by intense competition
scientific innovation
high secrecy
large-scale collaboration
gptkbp:is_funded_by gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:is_involved_in chemistry
engineering
nuclear physics
gptkbp:is_recognized_for gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:is_used_in popular culture
government secrecy
ethics in science
military funding of science
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Cold_War_nuclear_arms_race
development of nuclear weapons
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Richard_Feynman
Enrico Fermi
Leo Szilard
Niels Bohr
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkbp:produces atomic bombs
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Nagasaki_bombing
gptkb:Hiroshima_bombing
gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:uses plutonium-239
uranium-235
gptkbp:visibility true
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Nazi_Germany's_nuclear_weapon_project