Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946) · Canada · Scientists · Died at 35
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Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project.
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Louis Slotin (left) with the Gadget bomb during the Trinity test
A re-creation of the Slotin incident. The inside hemisphere with the thumb-hole next to the demonstrator's hand is beryllium (replacing the uranium tamper of the same size in a Fat Man bomb). There is an external larger metal sphere of aluminium under it (replacing the pusher sphere in this bomb's design). The plutonium "demon core" was inside the spheres at the time of the accident and is not visible, but its dimensions are comparable with the two small half-spheres shown resting nearby.
A sketch used by doctors to determine the amount of radiation to which each person in the room had been exposed during the excursion
A drawing based on the above sketch.About this person
Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, and his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's College London in 1936. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron.
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