K-25
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K-25 was the codename given by the Manhattan Project to the program to produce enriched uranium for atomic bombs using the gaseous diffusion method. Originally the codename for the product, over time
The K-25 building of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant aerial view, looking southeast. The mile-long building, in the shape of a "U", was completely demolished in 2013.
Gaseous diffusion uses semi-permeable membranes to separate enriched uranium.
The Woolworth Building in Manhattan housed the offices of the Kellex Corporation and the Manhattan District's New York Area
A gaseous diffusion cell, showing the diffuser
James Chadwick
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Sir James Chadwick was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which in
Chadwick, c. 1945
The original building of the Cavendish Laboratory was the home of some of the great discoveries in physics. It was founded in 1874 by the Duke of Devonshire (whose family name was Cavendish), and its first professor was James Clerk Maxwell. The Laboratory has since moved to West Cambridge.
"Red brick" Victoria Building at the University of Liverpool.
Sir Ernest Rutherford's laboratory