https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq Physicists working to build the bomb (from the book "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin). en-us 2017-11-13 18:52:30 UTC 2024-12-04 18:00:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206425841 • Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who, at a young age was always a little different. He was constantly bullied and liked to spend time lost in thought then outside playing.
 • As a young adult he worked as a college professor who was loved and respected!
• Oppenheimer was very respected and one scientist in the book Bomb said that," It was amazing how rapidly his mind worked" (Sheinkin, pg. 16).
• Oppenheimer was placed at the head of the atomic bomb project in WWII and successfully directed the 4,500 scientists in Los Alamos.]]> 2017-11-13 18:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206425841 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206904868 • As a boy, Feynman was always interested in science! In fact, his younger sister also became a physicist!
• In 1965, Feynman received the Nobel prize for his work regarding the interaction of light and matter!
• Later, Feynman and his wife went to Los Alamos so he could work on the Manhattan project. (Richard was the "troublemaker" of the group).
• The picture below is of Richard and his wife, Arline.]]> 2017-11-14 18:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206904868 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206905259 • American nuclear physicist Robert Serber was Oppenheimer's "right hand man" in the Manhattan project.
• Serber wasn't much of a talker, but he knew the information cold and that's what mattered.
• Today, Serber's writings are still considered accessible guides to the mystery of nuclear physics.
• The picture below is of his book, The Los Alamos Primer.]]> 2017-11-14 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206905259 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206905603 • Fermi was a physicist from Italy who, as well as the other Physicists, worked on the Manhattan project.
• Among his studies, Fermi discovered the element 93 and suggested it be named italium. 
• For his research, Fermi won the nobel prize and accepted his prize in the US where he decided to stay. Almost immediately after he arrived, his help was needed in Los Alamos.
• Element 93 was discovered by Fermi!]]> 2017-11-14 18:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206905603 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206906237 • Wigner was a Hungarian physicist who was one of the first physicists to recognize the problems of nuclear energy.
• He and his fellow Hungarians persuaded Albert Einstein to write a letter to president Roosevelt stressing the importance of beating Hitler in the race for building a atomic bomb.
• He then worked on the Manhattan project as chief engineer of the Hanford Plutonium reactors.]]> 2017-11-14 18:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/206906237 21keeli_branin https://padlet.com/21keeli_branin/1iq48xlizotq/wish/207842590 _{^{"J. Robert Oppenheimer." World of Scientific Discovery, Gale, 2006. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1648000509/BIC1?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=82440316. Accessed 16 Nov. 2017.
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