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Sep 14, 2026
Uranium: From Yellow Glass to Little Boy
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12:07Herman PoppleberryHOST
splits.
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12:09Herman PoppleberryHOST
Then December 2nd, 1942, Chicago Pile 1.
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12:13Herman PoppleberryHOST
Fermi again.
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12:15Herman PoppleberryHOST
360 tons of graphite, 53 tons of uranium oxide, 5.5 tons of uranium metal.
General knowledge ( Mark Donovan )
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Which poet, famous for her passionate love letters and for sonnets from the Portuguese, lived with her husband in Casa Guidi in Florence, Italy? Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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8:48Mark DonovanGUEST
Which Italian-born physicist led the team that built the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile? One in 1942.
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8:53Mark DonovanGUEST
Answer, Enrico Fermi.
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9:02Mark DonovanGUEST
Which Shakespeare play features the character Constable Dull? Love's Labour's Lost.