At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, an atomic bomb detonated in the New Mexican desert, signaling the beginning of the atomic age. The world forever changed on the day of the Trinity Test, but how did the creation of such a powerful bomb become possible, and why did the American government see its creation as so necessary? This essay explores the origins of nuclear science and how the United States found itself on the path to creating the world's first atomic bomb.
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