Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...North Atlantic Treaty and the Military Assistance Program in which the U.S. committed itself to the defense of Western Europe, Le Monde, an influential anti-Communist newspaper, last week proposed the "military neutralization of Europe." The Americans just did not care if Europe's cities were to be atom-bombed to radioactive dust, whined Le Monde. "Over there, there has always been a temptation to sacrifice Europe in case of conflict . . . The American attitude is logical: one promises Europe final victory, one is not committed to sparing it blows . . . Would not the wisest policy be to leave Western Europe...
...research now being done with the cyclotron is concerned with the nature of the atom and the attractive forces between the atom's particles. The cyclotron, opened in June, 1949, also uses protons to scatter neutrons and protons...
What, then?or who?was holding up the President's decision? If there were voices inside the Administration counseling against the H-bomb, they did not make their arguments public. Many a Washington correspondent pointed the finger at retiring Atom Boss David Lilienthal, who last week characterized all such stories about him as "inaccurate," but was careful?on security grounds?not to say just where he did stand...
Both men agreed that the bomb could never start the feared chain reaction in water that would blow up the oceans and finally the world. "The bomb uses heavy hydrogen," Oldenberg said, "and that occurs in only one atom...
Medieval man knew of only four elements-earth, air, fire and water. By 1940, scientists knew of 92 elements-ranging from lightweight hydrogen, whose atom has only one electron, to heavy uranium, with 92 electrons. Many chemists thought that their long search for elements was ended, and then the University of California's powerful cyclotron got busy...