The Manhattan Projects

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jonathan_Hickman
gptkb:Jordie_Bellaire
gptkbp:approves gptkb:President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Niels_Bohr
British scientists
gptkbp:collaborations scientists from various countries
scientists and military personnel
gptkbp:created gptkb:Little_Boy
gptkb:Fat_Man
gptkbp:developed_by President Harry S. Truman
gptkbp:employs over 130,000 people
gptkbp:ends_at 1946
gptkbp:established gptkb:Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory
gptkbp:first_introduced nuclear arms race
gptkbp:governed_by gptkb:General_Leslie_Groves
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Manhattan Projects
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Embassy
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Einstein-Szilard_letter
gptkbp:is_a_source_of scientific innovation
gptkbp:is_characterized_by intense secrecy
gptkbp:is_criticized_for ethical implications
gptkbp:is_documented_in The Manhattan Project: An Oral History
gptkbp:is_influential_in post-war science policy
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Research_Institute
nuclear weapons development
scientific breakthroughs
multiple sites
gptkbp:is_part_of the Allied war effort
gptkbp:key_event the history of science
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1942
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:J._Robert_Oppenheimer
nuclear proliferation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:notable_achievement engineering
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:produced_by gptkb:Trinity_test
gptkbp:project gptkb:physicist
gptkb:the_U._S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
technical challenges
long-term consequences
global politics.
the first nuclear reactor
gptkbp:receives_funding_from gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:atomic_bomb
gptkbp:security_features gptkb:theorem
gptkbp:subject historical research
books and documentaries
ethical debates
numerous films
gptkbp:uses gptkb:uranium-235
plutonium-239
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for nuclear energy development
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Nazi_Germany's_nuclear_program
the threat of Axis powers
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for gptkb:aircraft