Manhattan Project1942
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
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Robert Serber, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
3 records1942–19432 events1 places
Chronological biography
1942
Manhattan Project1942
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 Lectures5 April 1943
Serber begins a series of introductory lectures explaining bomb physics and design to the newly arriving Los Alamos scientific staff.
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