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Died. Leo Szilard, 66, famed physicist, who with Enrico Fermi in 1942 triggered the world's first nuclear chain reaction and thus made possible the atomic bomb; of a heart attack; in La Jolla, Calif. A Hungarian-Jewish refugee from Hitler's persecutions, Szilard foresaw as early as 1939 the possibility of uranium bombs, persuaded Einstein to lend his famous name to a letter to President Roosevelt in which he pointed out the danger that Germany might beat the U.S. to such a weapon; once his advice was heeded and the bomb developed, Szilard looked with regret upon...
Endless honors have already testified to the scientific achievement of those hectic days, and modest Dr. Wigner has received a valuable share-the Enrico Fermi Award ($50,000), half of the Atoms for Peace award ($75,000). Last week he got his highest accolade: half of the Nobel Prize in physics...
...others: Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, Victor F. Weisskopf and Enrico Fermi...
...Dating Year 1 from Dec. 2, 1942, when the first controlled atomic chain reaction was achieved by Enrico Fermi and his associates in the celebrated squash court beneath the grandstand of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field. The first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945 from a steel tower at Alamagordo...
...school do not have to fuss with the pin-pricking routines of tests and homework. There are no credits and no grades. Says Program Director Douglas Carter, 33: "This type of student will dig into things for himself." Some noted guest lecturers will spur the digging. Last week Laura Fermi, widow of Atomic Physicist Enrico Fermi, began lecturing on science for ten days. She will be followed by Novelist Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), Playwright Paul Green and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges. A symphony orchestra, string ensemble, ballet and drama groups are already deep into rehearsals...