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If so, it might be possible to build a weapon of unimagined power. And it was. Nuclear Fuel Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon (seen here). The detonation was conducted by the U.S. Army July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. Public ...
This X-ray is of the hands of Queen Mary and King George and was taken just a year after the monumental and accidental discovery of X-rays in 1895. Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL via Getty Images As with many of mankind's monumental discoveries, X-ray technology was invented ...
“Wolfgang Pauli was rumored to have said that ‘God invented the bulk and the surface is of the devil,’ but he might as well have said this because the number of factors that are hard to learn about for a particular surface is immense.” ...
Concrete, which was invented by the Romans, then lost for 1,000 years, and now makes up half of everything we build, from roads to tunnels and buildings. Steel, which not only reinforces much of the above concrete but also finds application in ships, skyscrapers, machines, train tracks,...
Where was the first rocket engine invented? How does the space shuttle aid in space exploration? What is a suborbital spaceflight? How was the International Space Station built? How did astronauts land on the moon? How hot can the fire in a rocket engine get?
He was attempting to find a method for improving the resolution of electron microscopes. However, lasers, which are necessary for creating and displaying good holograms, were not invented until 1960. Gabor used a mercury vapor lamp, which produced monochrome blue light, and filters make his light...
Where was the steam engine invented? What was the first one-chamber internal combustion engine? What did the first steam engine power? Who invented the internal combustion engine? Who perfected the steam engine? Who made the first car? Who invented the first commercial liquid-fueled internal com...
If it was generated at a power plant that used a combustion process (rather than nuclear, hydroelectric, solar or wind), then only about 40 percent of the fuel required by the power plant was converted into electricity. The process of charging the car requires the conversion of alternating ...
Robert Moses knew that one way to gain power was a simple land-grab: start to build something and then it would seem too difficult, too unpopular, too wasteful to tear it down and start again. This is the “move fast and break things” philosophy of Silicon Valley too. Many ...