"The Trinity test, on July 16, 1945, was a spectacular success. A 6 kilogram sphere of plutonium, compresses to supercriticality by explosive lenses, exploded over the New Mexico desert with a force equal to approximately 20,000 tons of TNT"(U.S. National Archives). This statement from the TS Manhattan Project Files was describing a day in history which brought about hope for the ending of a war, as well as destructive fate for thousands of people. Thus the topic of discussion is the legendary atomic bomb. A bomb that is seen as a double-edged sword, one that saved and destroyed numerous lives. The timeless argument of whether or not the dropping of the atomic bomb was the right way to bring an end to the Pacific fighting of World War II started before the bombs were dropped and continues to be fought years after the fact. The creation of the atomic bomb in the 1940's changed warfare forever. Countries held in their possession a device which could single-handily wipe ou!
             An extensive amount of research and scientific study, starting back with Albert Einstein, went into the discovery of being able to create an atomic bomb. Einstein found research which allowed him to predict that mass could be converted into energy. Two scientists by the names of John D. Crockfort and Ernest R. Walton later confirmed this belief in 1932. The process of splitting atoms to create energy known as fission made the atomic bomb possible. Uranium was the initial material used to create fission, however, due to the lack of this material in the 1940's plutonium was used as a substitute.
             The United States felt a great deal of pressure to obtain atomic bombs as they feared that other countries might beat them to it. The project developed to create the atomic bomb remained a close kept secret. Not even the Vice President at the time, Harry Truman, new of the work being
             done. The project was concealed under the name "Man...