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The '''Los Alamos National Laboratory''' was a secret [[laboratory|lab]] in [[New Mexico]] where a group of [[physicist]]s and [[engineer]]s came together to build the first [[atomic bomb]]. The codename for their project was The [[Manhattan Project]].  The scientists lived in an isolated compound and neighbors never realized what was happening.  Unfortunately, however, [[communist]] [[Soviet Union]] received two separate leaks of the atomic secrets from [[spy|spies]].{{fact}}

The '''Los Alamos National Laboratory''' was a secret [[laboratory|lab]] in [[New Mexico]] where a group of [[physicist]]s and [[engineer]]s came together to build the first [[atomic bomb]]. The codename for their project was The [[Manhattan Project]].  The scientists lived in an isolated compound and neighbors never realized what was happening.  Unfortunately, however, [[communist]] [[Soviet Union]] received separate leaks of the atomic secrets from three [[spy|spies]], namely [[Klaus Fuchs]], [[Theodore Hall]], and [[David Greenglass]].<ref>http://www.lanl.gov/history/wartime/spies.shtml</ref>

[[Enrico Fermi]], perhaps the greatest physicist of the time, did the foundational work at the [[University of Chicago]] before The [[Manhattan Project]] began.  Others, such as the [[mathematics|mathematician]] [[Paul Erdos]], declined to join The [[Manhattan Project]].

[[Enrico Fermi]], perhaps the greatest physicist of the time, did the foundational work at the [[University of Chicago]] before The [[Manhattan Project]] began.  Others, such as the [[mathematics|mathematician]] [[Paul Erdos]], declined to join The [[Manhattan Project]].