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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sufficient disturbance, such as heat or shock in the presence of certain impurities, shatters the barrier. Every oxygen atom grabs two hydrogen atoms. Every pair of nitrogen atoms, deserted, grabs a single oxygen. In consummating these unions, the atoms generate enormous heat-and the salt flashes into gases: superheated steam (H2O) and nitrous oxide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Restless Molecule | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...dense jungles of Guarujá Island, Brazil, an amazing transformation was taking place last week. Bulldozers, steam shovels, and scores of work crews were clearing stones and brush from some 650 dense acres. Before the job is finished, the section known as Praia Pernambuco, a few minutes by ferry from Santos, will have an airfield, a country club, a polo field, a beach club, a fishing club, hotels, shops, and some 500 houses, all furnished with the latest gadgets. Sao Paulo industrial interests, which are putting up millions to construct this sportsman's dream, expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Designer of Dreams | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

Another International Activities summer project, however, is still proceeding under full steam, the Committee disclosed last night, when it appointed Lawrence M. Jaffa 1 Dv to lead the Italian Work group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Group Postpones Caen Plan, Picks Italy Work Chief | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...Cowles believes (with most zoologists) that warm blood is a key factor in evolution. Like diesels and steam engines, animal mechanisms are more efficient at high temperatures. This is one of the chief reasons why mammals and birds, both warm-blooded, dominate the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cooling for Posterity | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...only schemes proposed thus far have substituted a chain-reacting pile for the furnace of an ordinary powerhouse. The pile's heat will generate steam to run a turbine. But this, thinks Dr. Hutcheson, may be only a better-than-nothing solution, carrying coal-era thinking into the atomic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Good & Bad Atoms | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

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