A gouache on paper painting titled The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test) by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA.
The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945 in the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico. The scientific director and the military head of the Manhattan project J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves, were present on the site with Ken Bainbridge, James Conant, Ed Teller, Enrico Fermi and Hans Bethe who oversaw the test from Los Alamos.
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Sursock, N. (2025, October 06). The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test). World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21157/the-manhattan-project-the-trinity-test/
Chicago Style
Sursock, Nicha. "The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test)." World History Encyclopedia, October 06, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21157/the-manhattan-project-the-trinity-test/.
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Sursock, Nicha. "The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test)." World History Encyclopedia, 06 Oct 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21157/the-manhattan-project-the-trinity-test/.
