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Atomic Bomb Revealed In Ray Bradbury's Dark They Were And Golden Eyed

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The first atomic bomb was exploded in New Mexico on July sixteenth, 1945. In Ray Bradbury’s “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed,” the humans came to Mars because “the atom bomb will [destroy] Earth” (Bradbury 480). This story is connected to the historical event known as the atomic bomb. Research shows “Albert Einstein came up with many of the theories that helped scientists in making the atomic bomb” (Barrett). President Franklin Roosevelt set up a research and development program for the atomic bomb, called the Manhattan Project. After gathering two billion dollars and two hundred thousand workers, the first atomic bomb was made and tested. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were not only proud of their accomplishments, but also filled

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