#Manhattan Project

Stories tagged “Manhattan Project” in the Weird Science History archive — 4 stories connected by this topic.

• The Spotted X-Ray Film That Traced the First Atomic Bomb — Through a Cardboard Box
• The Three Safes of Atomic Secrets That All Opened With the Same Number
• The Cylinder That Weighed Too Much and Became Teflon
• The 'Demon Core': The Plutonium Sphere That Killed Two Scientists

Related topics: #accidental discovery #chemistry #radioactivity #World War II