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Atomic Age Born Under Grandstand In Chicago 1942
An editor notes the December 2 1942 moment when the atomic age began in secret at the University of Chicago as scientists initiated the first nuclear chain reaction. It recalls Trinity July 16 1945 and the Los Alamos Labs report on radiation at the site.
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Grandstand
Chicago
University of Chicago
New Mexico
Trinity
the Atom
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
University of California
Science. Service, Inc
Los Alamos
Thomas F. Farrell
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan
Farrell
Hiroshima
World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service, Inc
Jornada del Muerto
Ground Zero
Los Alamos Laboratory
Trinity Site