Manhattan Project
Oppenheimer and Robert Serber of the University of Illinois work on the problems of neutron diffusion (how neutrons moved in the chain reaction) and hydrodynamics (how the explosion produced by the chain reaction might behave).
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Robert Serber Biography and Timeline
Follow Robert Serber through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.
Robert Serber, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1942–1943Years on this page
1942
Manhattan Project
Theorists Hans Bethe, John Van Vleck, Edward Teller, Felix Bloch, Emil Konopinski, Robert Serber, Stanley S. Frankel, and Eldred C. Nelson (the latter three all former students of Oppenheimer) quickly confirm that a fission bomb is feasible.
1943
Los Alamos Primer Lectures
Serber begins a series of introductory lectures explaining bomb physics and design to the newly arriving Los Alamos scientific staff.
Records, sources and methodology
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