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The article discusses how the U.S. government has developed the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos laboratory in the Los Alamos Ranch School in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Project Y to develop the bomb was led by scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Also cited are the comment of Doctor Richard Feynman about...

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Published in:Smithsonian Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 1 - 2
Main Author: Gritz, Jennie Rothenberg
Format: Article
Published: Smithsonian Magazine Jul/Aug2023
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Summary:The article discusses how the U.S. government has developed the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos laboratory in the Los Alamos Ranch School in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Project Y to develop the bomb was led by scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Also cited are the comment of Doctor Richard Feynman about the town, and the book "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.