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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Trinity test site?

2. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?

3. Who is the first American scientist of administrative rank to visit Britain in 1941?

4. Who is Averell Harriman?

5. Where does Emilio Segre conduct his experiments on the rate of fission in uranium and plutonium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many scientific accomplishments go into making the atomic bomb possible. From the scientific standpoint, at what point does the atomic bomb become a possibility? Why? What scientist(s) are involved in this final break through?

Essay Topic 2

In the first part of the book, the author discusses the biographical background and scientific accomplishments of many international scientists. Choose three scientists from the following list. Give a brief biographical sketch of the scientist, including his nationality and where he makes the discovery. Then identify what his/her scientific accomplishment is and what its importance is to the making of the atom bomb. Becquerel & the Curies; J. J. Thomson; Planck; Einstein; Rutherford; Bohr; Moseley; Meitner & Chadwick; Heisenberg & Schrödinger; and Chadwick

Essay Topic 3

The United States is developing two types of atomic bombs. Compare and contrast these bombs. What are their code names?

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