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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaces Oppenheimer as director at Los Alamos?

2. Who says,"The mission of this Allied force is fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7, 1945"?

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

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

5. Who is the chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The discovery of the neutron is considered the beginning of nuclear physics. Why? What role does this discovery have in the making of the atomic bomb? Is the bomb built without this discovery?

Essay Topic 2

The American atomic bomb building project gets bogged down in bureaucracy. How does the program get jump started? Who are the major people involved? What ware the historical events involved? Is there support in the United States for the program?

Essay Topic 3

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

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