How did humans know that atomic bomb could be a thing?

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Like we all who built it first and all, but how did the humans know that such a weapon could be possible to build with so much capability? Was there research from older scientists and physicists that led to the idea that such a thing was possible and only needed to be built?

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Lise Meitner was researching physics in the 1920’s and 30’s, and she figured how how to shoot a neutron at an atom, and was able to split an atom. The resulting reaction released a lot of energy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner

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