1. Before the Manhattan Project began, scientists portrayed an urgency in developing a weapon using nuclear fission mainly due to fear, that the German scientists might be able to deliver the nuclear bomb to Hitler before them (Hughes,2002, Chapter 4). As discussed in class, the need to race the Germans in building the bomb can be seen in the letter Leo Szilard wrote to Einstein.
Secondly, the project was kept secretive in the beginning with remote locations across the country; where the physicists were not allowed to travel. Patriotism was used in recruiting scientists for the war, making them feel the country's safety depended on their shoulders and they were the only ones who can bring an end to the war (Hughes, 2002, Chapter 5)
Nonetheless,
Secondly, the project was kept secretive in the beginning with remote locations across the country; where the physicists were not allowed to travel. Patriotism was used in recruiting scientists for the war, making them feel the country's safety depended on their shoulders and they were the only ones who can bring an end to the war (Hughes, 2002, Chapter 5)
Nonetheless,