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Slow Explosive Lens Component

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

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1944

John von NeumannJune 1944

Los Alamos · Science / Physics

Von Neumann provides an important design insight for the slower explosive component used to focus an implosion lens.

Names involved

John von Neumann

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