when he found out the cabin was available. Los Alamos had views of the same mountain range. During the last two years of World War II, between 1,500 and 8,200 scientists and staff members lived on ...

As part of the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos — both its very existence and the work that went on there — was kept from Americans during World War II. Many of the thousands of scientists on the ...

This test was a proof of concept for the secret nuclear science taking place at Los Alamos as a part of the Manhattan Project during World War II and would lead to the atomic bombs being dropped on ...

A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II.

Mike Michnovicz plays the accordion in his dorm. He was active in three popular musical groups during his time in Los Alamos.

Two books describe how American doctors became connected to troubling events during World War II that raised thorny moral issues around medicine and war. Nolan’s grandfather, the doctor James Nolan, ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist. During World War II, he served as director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, where he led the effort to develop the world’s ...