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Voices of the Manhattan Project

Preview of the Manhattan Project Voices Website

Browse our collection of oral histories with workers, families, service members, and more about their experiences in the Manhattan Project.

Tour the Sites of the Manhattan Project

Tour some of the key locations of the Manhattan Project with an audio guide.

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Women going to work at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge

Women Scientists in the Manhattan Project

October 9, 2018 is Ada Lovelace Day, which commemorates the achievements of women scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. Many women worked on the Manhattan Project.

The famous photo of the Trinity test, taken by Jack Aeby.

AHF Launches “Ranger in Your Pocket: Trinity Site” Program

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Val Fitch recalled being awestruck by the world’s first nuclear test, the Trinity Test: “It’s hard to overstate the impact on the senses of something like that.

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Learn about some of the people who were a part of the Manhattan Project

Lydia Martinez

Project Staff, Los Alamos, NM

Lydia Martinez (1926-), from the neighboring community of El Rancho, worked at Los Alamos in various jobs during and after the Manhattan Project.

J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.

Mathematician, Chicago, IL

J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923-2011) was a prominent African American mathematician and physicist who worked at the University of Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan Project.

Maria Goeppert-Mayer

Physicist, Columbia University

Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) was a German-born American theoretical physicist and 1963 Nobel Prize winner.

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