The End Of World War II - 1684 Words

At the end of World War II was a time of great relief for Americans. With the economic boom that followed on its heels, it was also a time of great optimism. Yet for many scientists especially those who had contributed their talents and expertise to the development of America’s atomic bomb; the end of this war and the lead-up to the Cold War was also a time of great anxiety. The creation of the bomb led them to one conclusion that any future war could bring the end of the world as they knew it. Harold C. Urey was one of the scientists that believed that we should fear the bomb. He wanted the government to monitor the usage of the bomb and to place strict policies so that we will not use it unless there really isn’t any other way. In the†¦show more content†¦Their job was to investigate nuclear fission and develop atomic weapons. Urey main contribution in this group was isotope separation. This group had the backing of the government and their contribution lead to the cold war. He was a wartime director of the Manhattan Project’s uranium isotope separation program at Columbia University. He stated â€Å"I’m a frightened man, â€Å"after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wanted to frighten the scientist in order for them to realize that creation of the bomb would lead to the end of human civilizations. He wanted the government to monitor the usage of the bomb and to place strict policies so that we will not use it unless there really isn’t any other way unlike the bombing in Hiroshima. Harold Clayton Urey was born on April 29, 1893, in Walkerton, Indiana. Urey was educated in an Amish grade school, which he graduated from at the age of 14. He then attended high school in Kendallville, Indiana. After graduating in 1911, he obtained a teacher s certificate from Earlham College, and taught in a small school house in Indiana. He later moved to Montana, where his mother was then living, and he continued to teach there. Urey entered the University of Montana in Missoula in the autumn of 1914, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology in 1917. After the United States entry into World War I that year, Urey took a wartime job with the