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Bhabha on a 1966 stamp of India. Bhabha is considered the "father of the Indian nuclear programme" [134] [135] [136] and one of the most prominent scientists in the country's history. [137] [138] After his death, the Atomic Energy Establishment at Mumbai was renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honour.
After the Pokhran-II tests, Rajagopala Chidambaram, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India said that India has the capability to build thermonuclear bombs of any yield at will. [73] The yield of India's hydrogen bomb test remains highly debatable among the Indian science community and international scholars. [75]
Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI, HI, FPAS (/ ˈ ɑː b d əl ˈ k ɑː d ɪər ˈ k ɑː n / ⓘ AHB-dəl KAH-deer KAHN; Urdu: عبد القدیر خان; 1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021), [3] known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".
Real-life scientist behind the atomic bomb has a complicated legacy in America Oppenheimer: The true story behind Christopher Nolan’s biopic about ‘the father of the atomic bomb’ Skip to ...
Raja Ramanna (28 January 1925 – 24 September 2004) was an Indian nuclear physicist.He was the director of India's nuclear program in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which culminated in Smiling Buddha, India's first successful nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974.
The origins of India's nuclear programme can be traced back to 1945 when Homi Bhabha established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research with the aid of Tata Group.After Indian independence, the Atomic Energy Act was passed on 15 April 1948, that established the Indian Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). [1]
Atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons. Chemical thermodynamics (modern) Gilbert Lewis (1875–1946) Willard Gibbs (1839 ...
Weighing 14 pounds and responsible for 80,000 deaths, the heart of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb was detonated on August 9, 1945, over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Related: Iconic photos from WWII: ...