During the time of World War II, scientists already knew how split the uranium atom. However, to create an atomic bomb, they would have to produce a chain reaction of splitting atoms. In theory, the end result would be a massive explosion. In 1942, Enrico Fermi produced the first controlled chain reaction at the University of Chicago. Then the scientists began designing a bomb containing raw materials and that would trigger a much larger explosion on demand.
On July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists tested out the first atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico. There was a blinding flash and the explosion broke windows 125 miles away. A supervisor of the creation of the bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, uttered the words of Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu Holy book: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" as he watched.
On July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists tested out the first atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico. There was a blinding flash and the explosion broke windows 125 miles away. A supervisor of the creation of the bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, uttered the words of Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu Holy book: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" as he watched.