Leaving the bomb project
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol. 41, no. 7, 1985, pp. 16–19
Abstract
Details why a nuclear scientist responsible for helping design the atomic bomb decided to leave Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1944. Traumatic experience of working on the Manhattan Project; Experiments on inelastic scattering using uranium; Social and political implications of the discovery of nuclear energy; Change in the nuclear scientist’s career development; Decision to change the direction of his research and spend the rest of his academic career working in a medical college and hospital.
