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The 106 pages that link to Manhattan Project, each with the reason it gives.

• Ivy MikeNarrower topic: Its fission weapons and scientific institutions supplied the technical starting point for thermonuclear work.

• Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryNarrower topic: Livermore inherited the Manhattan Project's weapons mission and scientific infrastructure.

• Raymond Davis Jr.Related: Davis worked on the project early in his career, applying his training in chemistry.

• AmericiumNarrower topic: Americium was discovered in research conducted within this wartime nuclear program.

• Atomic bombing of HiroshimaNarrower topic: Its scientists and industrial teams built the bomb used against Hiroshima.

• Boeing B-29 SuperfortressRelated: Its weapons program produced the bombs carried by specially modified B-29s.

• Fat ManNarrower topic: Fat Man was produced through the project's plutonium research and weapon-design effort.

• Hydrogen bombRelated: Its fission weapons and scientific institutions laid groundwork for thermonuclear research.

• James FranckRelated: Franck worked on the project’s chemistry at the University of Chicago during World War II.

• Leo SzilardNarrower topic: Szilard’s 1939 warning and subsequent lobbying helped bring the project into existence.

• Operation CrossroadsNarrower topic: Its newly built weapons supplied the technology and postwar questions behind Crossroads.

• Ralph AlpherRelated: Alpher worked on wartime nuclear research before turning to cosmological nuclear processes.

• Soviet atomic bomb projectCompared with: Its bombings of Japan made the strategic stakes of Soviet nuclear development immediate.

• CuriumRelated: Curium’s discovery emerged from wartime research conducted within this broader program.

• Joseph WeberRelated: Weber worked on the project before returning to an academic physics career.

• Little BoyNarrower topic: Little Boy was one of the weapons produced by this secret program.

• Proximity fuzeCompared with: Proximity-fuze technology was kept secret alongside other major wartime weapons research.

• Tsung-Dao LeeRelated: Lee worked briefly on the project at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving to Chicago.

• Actinide seriesRelated: Its wartime research accelerated plutonium production and actinide chemistry.

• Central Pacific campaignRelated: Its atomic bombs became a separate means of forcing Japan’s surrender before Operation Downfall.

• Felix BlochRelated: Bloch contributed to wartime research at Los Alamos before returning to academic physics.

• Isotope separationRelated: Electromagnetic separation and gaseous diffusion supplied enriched uranium for the project.

• John Archibald WheelerRelated: Wheeler joined the project to work on theoretical problems in nuclear fission.

• Leslie GrovesNarrower topic: Groves directed this broader program, of which the Manhattan Engineer District was the Army administrative structure.

• Nuclear warfareBroader topic: Its weapons made nuclear warfare possible in 1945.

• Science—The Endless FrontierBroader topic: Its scientific scale exemplified wartime research but also raised questions about military control of science.

• Arthur ComptonRelated: Compton directed the Metallurgical Laboratory, a central research site in the project.

• Harold UreyRelated: Urey directed isotope-separation work relevant to producing fissionable uranium during the project.

• Luis Walter AlvarezRelated: Alvarez contributed to the project through work on detonations and nuclear weapons.

• Maria Goeppert MayerRelated: Mayer worked on isotope separation during the war, applying theoretical physics to a practical problem.

• Nuclear weapon designNarrower topic: It organized the scientific and industrial work that produced the first weapon designs.

• Otto HahnCompared with: Hahn discovered fission but did not take part in this weapons-development program.

• Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsNarrower topic: The bomb’s creation and destructive power formed the scientists’ shared reason for organizing.

• Geoffrey WilkinsonRelated: Wilkinson worked on uranium chemistry in Canada as part of the wartime atomic research effort.

• Harvard Mark IRelated: Mark I calculations supported work associated with the wartime atomic-bomb program.

• Isidor RabiRelated: Rabi advised the project while also raising concerns about the political and human consequences of nuclear weapons.

• James B. ConantBroader topic: Conant chaired a key military committee overseeing the project’s scientific work.

• James RainwaterRelated: Rainwater worked on the project during World War II before returning to academic research.

• Mark OliphantRelated: Oliphant’s 1941 visit to the United States helped spur its uranium-bomb research.

• Polykarp KuschRelated: Kusch contributed to wartime research associated with the project before returning to academic physics.

• Clifford ShullRelated: Shull worked on the project before turning to neutron research after the war.

• Ida NoddackBroader topic: The practical consequences of nuclear fission culminated in wartime weapons development.

• Julius and Ethel RosenbergNarrower topic: Information from its laboratories was among the secrets at issue in the prosecution.

• MendeleviumRelated: Mendelevium’s discovery grew from nuclear research institutions and expertise expanded during the wartime program.

• William D. LeahyRelated: Leahy was briefed on the project and opposed using the atomic bomb against Japan.

• History of physicsBroader topic: It shows how nuclear physics became a massive state-directed enterprise with lasting consequences.

• Willard LibbyRelated: Libby’s experience in wartime isotope research shaped his postwar radiocarbon work.

• Computer (human calculator)Related: Human computers performed calculations for the project’s physics and engineering work.

• Hideo IwakuroCompared with: Iwakuro’s exposure to American industrial capacity sharpened the contrast between U.S. resources and Japan’s.

• History of ColoradoRelated: Wartime research and military facilities expanded Colorado's federal presence and scientific economy.