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Frequently asked questions Organization Q1: Why are Canada and Britain listed in the infobox? Wasn't the Manhattan Project an all-American effort?
A1: No, the Manhattan Project was a multinational effort, controlled by the United States, Britain and Canada. Q2: Weren't other countries involved? Why aren't they listed too?
A2: Other countries were involved. There were many individuals from many countries. Especially notable contributions were made by
Niels Bohr (Denmark) and
Marcus Oliphant (Australia). The flags in the infobox refer to the governance of the project, which was by the United States, Britain and Canada. Q3: Is it worth noting that Canada had such a role?
A3: Yes. This had important consequences in the post-war period. Q4: Wasn't
Robert Oppenheimer the head of the Manhattan Project?
A4: No, Major General
Leslie R. Groves, Jr., was the director of the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer was the director of the
Los Alamos Laboratory. Q5: Wasn't Oppenheimer Groves' chief scientific advisor?
A5: No,
Richard Tolman was Groves' chief scientific advisor. Oppenheimer was the director of the
Los Alamos Laboratory. Q6: Why is
Kenneth Nichols listed as the commander of the Manhattan District? Wasn't Groves in command of the Manhattan District?
A6: No, Groves was director of the Manhattan Project; The Manhattan District was commanded by Colonel James C. Marshall until 1943, and then by Nichols. Q7: Weren't the Manhattan Project and the Manhattan District the same thing?
A7: No, they were two separate entities. Check out the organization chart in the article. Q8: Wasn't the sleeve patch worn only by WACs?
A8: No. have a look at the picture of the presentation of the
Army–Navy "E" Award at Los Alamos on 16 October 1945. Nichols and Groves are wearing it. Q9: Why is the district listed as participating in campaigns in the European theater?
A9: This refers to the activities of the
Alsos Mission, which was part of the project. Q10: And the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A10: This refers to the activities of
Project Alberta. Manhattan Project personnel, including Captain
William S. Parsons were on board the aircraft which carried out the missions.
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The lead image of this article and
Trinity (nuclear test) is
File:TrinityDetonation1945GIF.gif, which is a GIF in color of the Trinity test. However, the
YouTube source video (linked in the GIF's description), uploaded by "atomcentral", of this explosion is in black-and-white. As far as I can tell, this GIF was colorized by the uploader,
GalaxyNite. This would be a violation of
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images § Editing images, which says: An image that was originally published as a
monochrome image, such as black-and-white or sepia photographs, should not usually be colorized. Adding color to such an image constitutes
original research.
According to OSTI [1] and Popular Science, the Trinity test was filmed in both black-and-white and color, but the color version is of a much lower quality than the black-and-white version. Malerisch ( talk) 16:30, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye7: Could you please provide evidence to support that the source you restored here is by a recognized expert on this subject? Nikkimaria ( talk) 04:20, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
The revision by Whizz40 on 20:59, 2 September 2023 is not referenced, POV, and incorrect. The original sentence read "It was led by the United States with support from the United Kingdom and Canada." which is more correct than their revision. 70.51.132.220 ( talk) 04:53, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Please add this section as is in regards to Teller's group contribution.
A special group was established under Teller in March 1944 to investigate the mathematics of an implosion-type nuclear weapon. Because of his interest in the Super, Teller did not work as hard on the implosion calculations as Bethe wanted. These too were originally low-priority tasks, but the discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium by Emilio Segrè's group gave the implosion bomb increased importance. In June 1944, at Bethe's request, Oppenheimer moved Teller out of T Division, and placed him in charge of a special group responsible for the Super, reporting directly to Oppenheimer. He was replaced by Rudolf Peierls from the British Mission, who in turn brought in Klaus Fuchs, who was later revealed to be a Soviet spy. Teller's Super group became part of Fermi's F Division when he joined the Los Alamos Laboratory in September 1944. It included Stanislaw Ulam, Jane Roberg, Geoffrey Chew, Harold and Mary Argo, and Maria Goeppert-Mayer.[1]
REF:
Hoddeson, Lillian; Henriksen, Paul W.; Meade, Roger A.; Westfall, Catherine L. (1993). Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos During the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521441323. OCLC 26764320. 91.217.105.54 ( talk) 22:53, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Added a paragraph on the Super. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
I just read a great new page, "African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project," that should be linked to on this main page. Can someone add that link somewhere here? The page is protected, or I would do it myself. Thanks! ProfJsto ( talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)