What atomic scientists are up to today

Short and fascinating article about next week's experiment to be carried out by Switzerland's 'staggeringly large" atom smasher. It's incredible how far we've come in 70 years!

http://secondnexus.com/technology-and-innovation/large-hadron-collider-scientists-hope-make-contact-parallel-universe/

One More Thing....

Found some video footage from Oak Ridge in the 1940s. Short and worth watching!

http://www.girlsofatomiccity.com/video.html

More about the atomic bomb and its stories

I stumbled across this blog which seems to have a plethora of information about the bomb and its history. Fascinating stuff---a LOT of information:

http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/tag/william-l-laurence/

Atomic Spies

The author mentions that Stalin knew about the atomic bomb (the Gadget) all along thanks to David Greenglass, Kalus Fuchs and George Koral. Who, I wondered, were they?

Here's what I learned about David Greenglass (AKA Ethel Rosenberg's estranged brother):

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/15/david-greenglass-spy-who-sent-sister-ethel-rosenberg-to-electric-chair-dies

Wow.

Ebb Cade---human guinea pig

Wow. I am learning some unsavory things in this month's book.

Here is a little bit more about Ebb Cade, the first human guinea pig for the Manhattan Project.

https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/april-13-1953-under-the-governments-aegis-remembering-ebb-cade/

Our discussion on Wednesday evening promises to be a good one!

Pictures from Oak Ridge TN in the 1940s

 For such a top-secret project, I was surprised to find so many pictures from the 1940s taken in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Here is a link to a bunch of them taken by photographers from the Department of Energy. They make it look like a swell place to live and work.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doe-oakridge/sets/72157629597751359/