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Implosion Instability Analysis

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

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1944

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor24 May 1944

Los Alamos · Science / Physics

Taylor joins Los Alamos and highlights hydrodynamic instability problems that influence the move toward a more conservative implosion design.

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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

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