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To help with the Manhattan Project, which research laboratory did Parsons join?
Project Y research laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Answer
In 1943, Parsons joined the Project Y research laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, to help with the Manhattan Project. The laboratory was developing the atomic bomb, and Parsons was one of the scientists who worked on the design of the bomb. He was also involved in the testing of the bomb at the Trinity site in New Mexico in 1945.
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