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When is a barn not a barn
An Argonne physicist traces the origin of the term barn in nuclear science. In 1943 Purdue scientists named the unit for cross sections after a barn seen on a dining room discussion, a name that spread through Physical Review and then all scientific circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont
Argonne National Laboratory
Lowell—Bollinger
Purdue University
C. P. Baker
M. G. Hollo
L. D. P. King
Schreiber
Baker
Holloway
Oppenheimer
Konopinski
Bethe
Physical Review