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69 years ago today, the Trinity Shot
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:32 pm
and the world changed forever
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Merica
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:34 pm to Jim Rockford
USA aint nothin to frick with
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:34 pm to Jim Rockford
69 years ago:
Today:
They're multiplying!
Today:
They're multiplying!
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
- Robert Oppenheimer
Head Scientist of the Manhattan Project moments after watching first ever atomic blast in human history.
ETA: Kafka beat me to the punch.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
the manhattan project is IMO the most fascinating part of American history
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
All-out war between world powers doesn't exist anymore. And if it ever does, we don't exist anymore. Thanks MAD!
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:35 pm to Jim Rockford
Must have been nervous not knowing if the theories of an unstoppable nuclear reaction would continue till the Earth was engulfed were true.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:36 pm to LSUSoulja08
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USA aint nothin to frick with
I fricking love that we have nukes and at one point didn't give a flying damn what the world had to say about it.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:38 pm to TH03
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the manhattan project
Tom Dowd was a physicist on that project, talk about a Renaissance man
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:39 pm to LesMiles BFF
A blind girl, across the border in Mexico, asked, "What was that?"
One old woman described how the sun rose twice that morning, "Once very briefly."
The $1 bets between the scientists on whether or not the explosion would incinerate the atmosphere.
Fermi covered all bets on those betting on the fire - although known for his work in the high brow world of physics, Fermi indicated, practically, "Those were easy bets - if I were wrong, they wouldn't be able to collect."
One old woman described how the sun rose twice that morning, "Once very briefly."
The $1 bets between the scientists on whether or not the explosion would incinerate the atmosphere.
Fermi covered all bets on those betting on the fire - although known for his work in the high brow world of physics, Fermi indicated, practically, "Those were easy bets - if I were wrong, they wouldn't be able to collect."
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:39 pm to Darth_Vader
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Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was blacklisted during McCarthyism.
Crazy to think that he was reduced to cattle ranching and teaching high school physics.
Edit...oops, that was his brother, Frank.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:41 pm to Ace Midnight
The Bomb, Learn to Love It:
LINK
LINK
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:42 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
Fermi covered all bets on those betting on the fire - although known for his work in the high brow world of physics, Fermi indicated, practically, "Those were easy bets - if I were wrong, they wouldn't be able to collect."
Book smart and a little street smarts.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:43 pm to TH03
quote:
the manhattan project is IMO the most fascinating part of American history
Read this book if you haven't
The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:52 pm to GetCocky11
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Oppenheimer was blacklisted during McCarthyism.
Crazy to think that he was reduced to cattle ranching and teaching high school physics.
You're thinking of his brother Frank. Teller and the government screwed Robert over, but he remained a luminary until he died. Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:53 pm to skullhawk
Damn they don't have it on audiobook.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:58 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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You're thinking of his brother Frank. Teller and the government screwed Robert over, but he remained a luminary until he died.
Yeah, I just realized that after I posted it. Oops.
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