The history of the atomic bomb dates back to the early 1900’s when Einstein’s theory of relativity proved a basis for understanding nuclear energy and showed that the atom contained vast energy. This energy seemed beyond men’s grasp until the late 1930’s. In 1939 scientists succeeded in splitting the atoms of uranium by bombarding them with neutrons. They found that the split atoms released neutrons and energy. Physicists found that the fission of these …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 766 total…technology, I hope to never see anything like it again. I did not realize the mass destruction and chaos a single bomb can create. With the technological advances we have made over the past 50 years this type of bomb is merely a toy compared to the nuclear weaponry we have at our disposal today. I was always curious how a single bomb could end a world war between two major countries. Now I know how.