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Though the Atomic Age was born under the stands of the University of Chicago’s football stadium on Dec. 2, 1942, that milestone wasn’t reported in the next morning’s Tribune, or any other ...
No trace remains today of Stagg Field, the old football stadium at the University of Chicago where, 50 years ago Wednesday, the atomic age was born. What stands now on the site, on Ellis Avenue ...
Robert Friedrichs, a historian and a retired scientist who got his start during the atomic age, ... How one man’s obsession solved 68-year-old mystery behind iconic photo By . Associated Press.
ATOMIC AGE: Nothing New. 3 minute read. TIME. June 23, 1947 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... Actually, Gromyko’s grey suit was five years old. The new Russian control plan was also cut from old cloth.
One year old last week, the Atomic Age was offered, as one of its birthday presents, Atomic Power!, the first moving picture to portray it not as cloak-&-Geiger-counter melodrama but as deadly ...
The atomic age was born in that underground lab, and he was there to see it. Now 93, Petry is the last surviving witness of the world's first controlled nuclear reaction, 75 years ago Saturday.
News this week of a historic fusion reaction that produced more energy than was used to ignite it could move the world one step closer to a power source that doesn’t create radioactive waste as ...