A paragraph about Louis Slotin and his life.
- Date: December 22, 2003
- Level: High School, 10th grade
- Grade: B+
- Length: 1 pages (239 words)
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manhattan project, russian jewish immigrants, winnipeg manitoba, atomic bomb, two pieces, eldest child, ...canadian scientists, smart student, critical state, first test, plutonium, detonate, neutron, dragons, explosion
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Louis Slotin
Louis Slotin was one of the Canadian scientists working on the Manhattan project. The goal was to build an atomic bomb before Germany could. Slotin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the eldest child of the Russian-Jewish immigrants. He was a smart student, he went on to study in three different Universities. His work on the Manhattan project was so secret that he couldn't even tell his family what he was doing. Slotin was the one who built the triggering mechanism used to detonate the first test bomb.
One of Slotin's experiments involved joining two pieces to the point where the neutron count increased to a critical state. This procedure was done bare-handed and it was called "Tickling the ...
... bomb before Germany could. Slotin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the eldest child of the Russian-Jewish immigrants. He was a smart student, he went on to study in three different Universities. His work on the Manhattan project was so secret that he couldn't even tell his family what he was doing. Slotin was the one who built the triggering mechanism used to detonate the first test bomb.
One of Slotin's experiments involved joining two pieces to the point where the neutron count increased to a critical state. This procedure was done bare-handed and it was called "Tickling the Dragons Tale".
On May 21, 1946, while he was conducting his experiment, he slipped. Immediately, the lab
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22 December, 2003 16:53:22
Well, your title controverses the real writing since you have three paragraphs! But do not worry about the content of the paper since it includes a simple, and rather brief i would say of Louis Slotin!
