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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Trinity test and the birth of the first atomic bomb were made possible by a group of physicists, chemists and engineers who secretly participated in the Manhattan Project. Born on August 13, 1942, it was one of the most controversial scientific programs ever realized and was made public only at the end of the Second World War, after the dropping of the two nuclear bombs on Japan in August 1945. Some of the best scientists of the time participated in the secret program such as Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer and Ernest Lawrence. In this video we retrace the controversial story of the "secret" origin of the first atomic bomb, the invention that shook the world, and we explain what the Manhattan Project was, who took part in it and what results it achieved. 00:00 The historical context and the Nazi threat 00:24 The origins of the Manhattan Project 01:21 The participants and the secret locations 02:25 The Chicago Pile-1 was the first result achieved by Enrico Fermi 03:20 How and why the secrecy of the program was maintained 04:22 The costs of the project 05:06 The Trinity test and the creation of the first atomic bomb 05:58 The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 06:30 The fate of the Manhattan Project Credit: Atomic Heritage Department of Energy Doddtra 509th Composite Group (Joseph Papalia) - Atomic Heritage Los Alamos National Lab Trinity Remembered / NSDL Energy Commission Oak Ridge Laboratory Ad Meskens Berkley OTHER RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: -The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs seen from the inside: • Oppenheimer's atomic bomb - Ani... -The Chernobyl nuclear disaster: • Chernobyl 35 years later: how the dis... -Nuclear submarines: • Nuclear and hybrid submarines: how the... -The Gioiania accident and the most absurd nuclear theft in history: • The Goiania accident: the nuclear theft... OTHER SUGGESTED ARTICLES: -https://www.geopop.it/la-bomba-zar-la... -https://www.geopop.it/chi-possiede-pi... -https://www.geopop.it/video/ancora-40... -https://www.geopop.it/vicini-atomici-... -https://www.geopop.it/la-fusione-nucl... #bombatomica #nucleare #geopop