Argonne’s Nuclear Science and Technology Legacy

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Atoms Forge a Scientific Revolution

Short articles covering Argonne's nuclear energy legacy from the first nuclear reactor to the present.

• Promethean Boldness
• The "Last Universal Scientist" Takes Charge
• Einstein's Letter
• Piglet and the Pumpkin Field
• The Italian Navigator Lands
• A Home for Heffalump and Pooh
• Reactors: Modern-Day Alchemy

• Chicago Pile 1 Pioneers — Forty-nine scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, were present in a converted squash court at the University of Chicago's abandoned Stagg Field on Dec. 2, 1942, when Chicago Pile 1, the world's first nuclear reactor went critical…

• A Brief History of Materials R&D at Argonne National Laboratory from the Met Lab to Circa 1995 — by Brian R. T. Frost, director of Argonne's Materials Science Division from 1973-1984 (Sep. 3, 1996)

• Education: The Effort Is Global

“Those early days as we remember them” — Argonne’s Early History

Argonne’s early days reconstructed through the recollections and testimonials of people who witnessed the birth of Argonne National Laboratory.

• “Those early days as we remember them”

Historical News Releases

Archived news releases about Argonne’s nuclear science and technology history.

• Historical News Releases

 

Last Modified: Wed, September 25, 2013 9:14 PM