Atomic Scientists
| Title | Atomic Scientists |
| View | 20th Anniversary Reunion, 1962 1 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Reunion of atomic scientists on the 20th Anniversary (1962) of the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction, December 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago. Standing on campus next to a tablet commemorating the event, are Laura Fermi (left), widow of physicist Enrico Fermi, and Betty Compton (right), widow of physicist Arthur Holly Compton. |
| Subject Terms | Compton, Betty McCloskey, died 1980 | Fermi, Laura Capón, 1907-1977 | Tablets (Information artifacts) | Nuclear fission--History | Atomic bomb--United States | Manhattan Project (U.S.) |
| Photographer | Plettinger, H. Anne |
| Photograph Date | 1962-12-01 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.9 x 24.9 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-00235 |
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