Philosophy
Shortly before Enrico Fermi conducted the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, Franck reluctantly joined the Manhattan Project. Appointed head of the chemical laboratory that worked with "actinades," including the new man-made plutonium, Franck left the project before the war ended.
Lawrence S. Bartell's paper, "Work on the Manhattan Project, Subsequent Events, and Little Known Facts Related to its Use", focuses on the Chicago section of the Manhattan Project...
Abstract:
A personal account of work on the Manhattan Project in Chicago by one of the few remaining survivors of the war-time project is given, illustrating, among other things, how absurd things can happen at a time of great stress and concern.. As is well known, Los Alamos was the site specializing in the physics of the bomb while Chicago emphasized metallurgical and chemical research. Nevertheless, physics played a significant role in Chicago, as well. That is where Fermi constructed the world’s first uranium pile under the stands of Stagg field, a site at which this author got seriously irradiated. Some curious events occurring after the bomb was dropped are also related. In addition, at this time of public protest by sincere people who question the ethics of America’s dropping of the bomb on innocent civilians, certain facts, obviously unknown to the protesters, are presented which place the bombing in a rather different light.
"Work on the Manhattan Project, Subsequent Events, and Little Known Facts Related to its Use"
Historical event in 1942 at the University of Chicago
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- Deceased--robert F. Christy
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- Voices On Trinity [july 16th, 1945]
Current voices on a past event...Trinity [July 16th, 1945]. Players: Hans W. Courant, Roy J. Glauber, Nathan T. Melamed, and Morton Camac, Albert Allen Bartlett, Robert J. Brown, and Murray Peshkin. This is a good audio presentation and accompanying...
- Enrico Ferimi And Winnie The Pooh
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Philosophy
Chicago and the Manhattan Project
Shortly before Enrico Fermi conducted the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, Franck reluctantly joined the Manhattan Project. Appointed head of the chemical laboratory that worked with "actinades," including the new man-made plutonium, Franck left the project before the war ended.Lawrence S. Bartell's paper, "Work on the Manhattan Project, Subsequent Events, and Little Known Facts Related to its Use", focuses on the Chicago section of the Manhattan Project...
Abstract:
A personal account of work on the Manhattan Project in Chicago by one of the few remaining survivors of the war-time project is given, illustrating, among other things, how absurd things can happen at a time of great stress and concern.. As is well known, Los Alamos was the site specializing in the physics of the bomb while Chicago emphasized metallurgical and chemical research. Nevertheless, physics played a significant role in Chicago, as well. That is where Fermi constructed the world’s first uranium pile under the stands of Stagg field, a site at which this author got seriously irradiated. Some curious events occurring after the bomb was dropped are also related. In addition, at this time of public protest by sincere people who question the ethics of America’s dropping of the bomb on innocent civilians, certain facts, obviously unknown to the protesters, are presented which place the bombing in a rather different light.
"Work on the Manhattan Project, Subsequent Events, and Little Known Facts Related to its Use"
Historical event in 1942 at the University of Chicago
Enter "Manhattan Project" in the search engine for more material.
- Leo Szilard's Papers To Be Online
"UCSD to digitize Szilard papers" by Gary Robbins February 5th, 2014 The San Diego Union-Tribune UC San Diego's Geisel Library has received a grant of nearly $100,000 to digitize the papers and materials of Leo Szilard, the late physicist whose...
- Coming Up...70 Year Anniversary...first Self-sustaining, Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction
On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went critical and produced the world's first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction. Read the story at Argonne National Laboratory's...
- Deceased--robert F. Christy
Robert F. Christy May 14th, 1916 to October 3rd, 2012 "Robert F. Christy, Atom Bomb Physicist, Dies at 96" by William J. Broad October 4th, 2012 The New York Times Robert F. Christy, who as a young Canadian-born physicist working on the Manhattan Project...
- Voices On Trinity [july 16th, 1945]
Current voices on a past event...Trinity [July 16th, 1945]. Players: Hans W. Courant, Roy J. Glauber, Nathan T. Melamed, and Morton Camac, Albert Allen Bartlett, Robert J. Brown, and Murray Peshkin. This is a good audio presentation and accompanying...
- Enrico Ferimi And Winnie The Pooh
Nothing to be ashamed about...Enrico Ferimi liked Winnie the Pooh. I'm sure we all have a fondness for something that may be a a little bizarre. "The role Winnie the Pooh played in the atomic bombing of Japan is not widely known. But when Enrico...