Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy

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2012/04/02 09:12:17 (permalink)

Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy


I've read a bunch about it so the movie was sort of a easy recap.

I was surprised to learn that one short episode in the movie was inspired by a real life event that I was unfamiliar with.

The implication of the sequence led me to search Google which led me to this amazing true story:

http://www.mphpa.org/clas.../LA/Louis_Slotin_1.htm


Anyways...



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mike


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    Re:Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy 2012/04/02 11:10:23 (permalink)
    There were a couple such incidents at the Manhatten Project. And a few more since then as well. What makes it hard is that both incidents were completely avoidable and were due to human error.
















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    Re:Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy 2012/04/02 11:53:02 (permalink)
    Good movie. 

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    Re:Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy 2012/04/02 16:47:46 (permalink)
    Interesting reading. Thanks for the link.

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    Re:Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy 2012/04/02 16:50:36 (permalink)

    That should go down a bomb.

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    Re:Movie night: Fat Man and Little Boy 2012/04/02 23:24:43 (permalink)
    That movie blows up

    I've got the Trinity And Beyond documentaries - very cool!

     
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