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title: The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test)
author: Nicha Sursock
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21157/the-manhattan-project-the-trinity-test/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-10-14
---

# The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test)

_Authored by [Nicha Sursock](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/nichasursock/)_

## Image File

[![The Manhattan Project (the Trinity Test)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21157.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21157.jpg)

## Image Caption

A gouache on paper painting titled *The Manhattan Project (the [Trinity](https://www.worldhistory.org/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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## About the Author

Egyptian born Lebano-Croatian artist, born in 1951, currently residing between Vienna and Split in Croatia. Studied film direction in Brussels and started a career as an illustrator in l'Orient-Le Jour, a leading Lebanese daily and le progrès égyptien.
- [Facebook Profile](https://www.facebook.com/Nichas works)

## Cite This Work

### APA
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
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/>.
### MLA
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/>.

## License & Copyright

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