Manhattan Project Explained

You'll understand how splitting uranium atoms releases enormous energy, the key physics principle that made the Manhattan Project possible.

You'll learn why scientists needed to separate rare U-235 from U-238, and how the Manhattan Project's engineers solved this seemingly impossible task.

You'll see how physicists and engineers designed two different bomb mechanisms to bring uranium together fast enough to trigger a chain reaction.

You'll understand the historical context and moral reasoning behind the decision to deploy atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.