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Louis Alexander Slotin (/ ˈ s l oʊ t ɪ n / SLOHT-in; [1] 1 December 1910 – 30 May 1946) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project.Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, before obtaining his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's ...
The Medal for Merit was the highest civilian decoration of the United States, with only four awardees from the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos: J. Robert Oppenheimer, John von Neumann, Enrico Fermi, and Kennedy. The film Oppenheimer won a total of seven Oscars at the 2024 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Manhattan Project References 1922 Niels Bohr: Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them" Los Alamos Laboratory [1] [2] 1925 James Franck: Physics “for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom” Metallurgical Laboratory [1] [3] 1927 ...
Moddie Daniel Taylor (March 3, 1912 – September 15, 1976) was an African American chemist who specialized in rare earth minerals. He was one of the African American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project from 1943 to 1945, working to develop the atomic bomb. [1]
The Manhattan District decided to pay for his urine and stool samples to keep him close to San Francisco on the pretext that his "cancer" surgery and remarkable recovery were being studied. [ 1 ] According to Stevens's surviving son Thomas, Stevens kept samples in a shed behind his house for storage; an intern and a nurse would pick them up ...
William Jacob Knox Jr. (January 5, 1904 - July 9, 1995) was an American chemist at Columbia University in New York City and one of the African American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project. [1] Knox held an unprecedented position, serving as the only African American supervisor for the Manhattan Project. Knox is credited for ...
After the war, Lawrence campaigned extensively for government sponsorship of large scientific programs. He was a forceful advocate of Big Science with its requirements for big machines and big money, and in 1946 he asked the Manhattan Project for over $2 million for research at the Radiation Laboratory (equivalent to $24,000,000 in 2023).
Cynthia Hall (1922/3? - ?) was an American nuclear scientist and expert in poisons. She worked on the Manhattan Project at the Argonne National Laboratory , where she was one of the few female African American scientists assigned to the project.