the atom bomb

Chapter I - "Jewish Physics" When Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in the early 1930's, he also began his persecution of the Jews. As a result of his policies, many scientists left Europe for the safety of the United States. This intellectual tide was taking place when scientists on either side of the Atlantic were discovering the secrets of the atom. In 1932, Sir James Chadwick discovered the neutron, a few months later Hitler …

…of the bomb was therefore a quick alternative, only accumulating a fraction of the casualties than were expected. Nearly 220,000 people were killed by these two bombs. However the effects of radiation and nuclear fall-out are still being felt by the very young and elderly in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands of tons of radioactive dust and particles were spewed over the surrounding are for hundreds of miles, destroying wild life and human life in the same.