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The atom is split: beginning of the atomic age...
The atom is split: beginning of the atomic age...
Item # 697909
May 02, 1932
THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, May 2, 1932
* John Cockcroft & Ernest Walton
* 1st splitting of the atom - atomic nucleus
The bottom of the front page has a very historic report which notes the very beginning of the "atomic age" with a two-column heading: "British Scientists Shatter Atom in Secret Experiment". See the internet which mentions Cockcroft and Walton as being the first to split the atom.
Complete in 14 pages, very nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century