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Manhattan Project Secrecy
- While the Manhattan Project was initially secret, its existence wasn't entirely hidden.
- Spies, including Klaus Fuchs, leaked information to the Soviets, and the US publicly announced the bomb after Hiroshima.
Irene Joliot-Curie's Contribution
- Irene Joliot-Curie's work on artificial radioactivity was crucial for the atomic bomb's development.
- This process creates enriched uranium, essential for the bomb, and earned her a Nobel Prize.
Nazi Germany's Scientific Minds
- While many brilliant scientists left Nazi Germany, some, like Werner Heisenberg, remained.
- Heisenberg’s work on quantum mechanics made him a key figure in the German atomic bomb program.