the manhattan project
Joel Steenwyk 1st Blk. 10/4/03 The Manhattan Project The Manhattan project was a U.S. government research project committed to expedient research and production that would produce an atomic bomb. Robert J. Oppenheimer directed the Manhattan Project. He ran the research and oversaw the entire project from it’s conception to its completion. A large laboratory and plant was constructed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Albert Einstein used his influence to present the military potential of an atom bomb to President Franklin D.