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Uranium Fission Theory

Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1939

Niels Bohr1939

Princeton · Science / Physics

With John Wheeler, develops a theoretical account of nuclear fission and isotope-dependent neutron behaviour.

Names involved

Niels Bohr

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