atomic bomb

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Provides an account of the three weeks leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 as experienced by American servicemen, Japanese soldiers and civilians, and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project.

Physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard are transported to the future at the moment of the first atomic explosion and are forced to face the consequences of their deadly creation.

A photographic record of the Manhattan Project--the United States government-sponsored effort to build an atomic bomb--taken from official and casual snapshots of several locations including Los Alamos, New Mexico where the first atomic bomb was built.

Describes what it was like to be child in the secret community of Los Alamos, New Mexico in its first decade, 1943-1952, where the children of scientists, machinists, technicians, and construction workers grew up in the shadow of the Manhattan Project.

Chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on how his work on the atomic bomb helped him become one of the most iconic figures of the twentieth century.

Presents a comprehensive examination into the secret operations at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War Two, and describes the role that Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists played on the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb.