In 1789, Uranium was discovered by Martin Klaproth, also the creation of a bomb that would change warfare was made in the United States. Martin Klaproth was born on December 1st, 1743. He began his studies as a pharmaceutical assessor in a school in Berlin. Not only was this a impact on Klaproth, this allowed him to become a professor specialized in chemistry. Martin Klaproth did not have any luck as a child, his wealth was taken away by a fire in 1751 ("Martin H. Klaproth"). Although Klaproth had a great discovery, he also was known for finding and distinguishing other elements like zirconium in 1789, strontium in 1793, titanium in 1795, chromium in 1797, tellurium in 1789, and lasty cerium in 1803. The name Uranium was inspired from the planet …show more content…
Five million dollars were needed to produce one atomic bomb. With a high price tag America proceeded with the production of the bomb. Once the creation of the atomic bomb was achieved, the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and a second one at Nagasaki (“Outline History of Nuclear Energy”). The first bomb out of two bombs to be dropped in japan was code named Little Boy. The atomic bomb was set to drop in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 and it set an devastating blow to the nation. The Little boy was the first to be used in warfare and set a eighty thousand death count in Hiroshima but only to be revised. The true death count was set to one hundred ninety two thousand and twenty deaths, either from a direct death or the aftermath. Three days later, on August 9th, 1954 the second bomb was code named Fat Man, dropped on Nagasaki. The Fat Man was a different type of bomb, it was a self imploding bomb that did not have a Uranium core but a plutonium one. The amount of deaths in Nagasaki was seventy thousand ("By the Numbers: World War II's Atomic Bombs"). The bombing of the two places was also very strategic. At the time president Truman prioritized military locations, but advisers favored the urban areas hoping to destroy the hopes of the citizens in japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an ideal location due to the military involvement and the urban surrounding. As many as two hundred sixty thousand have died and the aftermath is much worse. It devastated forty seven miles of land and obliterated two thirds of japan's infrastructure. Four miles from the epicenter of the blow, everything was incinerated. Not long after Black Rain fell, this rain was full of radiation, debris, soot, and dirt. Places that did not come into contact with the bomb would be affected by the Black Rain. Due to the reduced amounts of hospitals, the survivors that did not die from