Thesis: The research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States, by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of “The Manhattan Project”. On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the …showed first 75 words of 1695 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1695 total…for all citizens of the world. Bibliography 1 Atomic Bomb : Decision – Target Committee -- http://www.dannen.com/decision/targets.html#E 2 Atomic Archive - Explore the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb – http://www.atomicarchive.com/main.shtml 3 CD-ROM and Online Encarta Encyclopedia 99 4 The Manhattan Project -- http://www.gis.net/~carter/manhattan/ 5 The Avalon Project : The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.html