Obama meets Rama X, 2012 — President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ambassador Kristie Kenney, left, meet with King Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Kingdom of Thailand, at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012. Photo Credit: By Pete Souza - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22766963
Obama meets Rama X, 2012
President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ambassador Kristie Kenney, left, meet with King Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Kingdom of Thailand, at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012.
Ernest Walton — Photo Credit: By Nobel foundation - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6181764
Diagram of cyclotron operation from Lawrence's 1934 patent — Photo Credit: By Ernest O. Lawrence - U.S. Patent 1,948,384, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=543976
logo for University of South Dakota — Photo Credit: By http://www.usd.edu/~/media/files/marketing-and-university-relations/graphic-standards-and-editorial-guide.ashx?la=en, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56676327
Chicago Pile-1 — The first nuclear reactor was erected in 1942 in the West Stands section of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. On December 2, 1942 a group of scientists achieved the first self-sustaining chain reaction and thereby initiated the controlled release of nuclear energy. The reactor consisted of uranium and uranium oxide lumps spaced in a cubic lattice embedded in graphite. In 1943 it was dismantled and reassembled at the Palos Park unit of the Argonne National Laboratory. Photo Credit: By Melvin A. Miller of the Argonne National Laboratory - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8147703
Chicago Pile-1
The first nuclear reactor was erected in 1942 in the West Stands section of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. On December 2, 1942 a group of scientists achieved the first self-sustaining chain reaction and thereby initiated the controlled release of nuclear energy. The reactor consisted of uranium and uranium oxide lumps spaced in a cubic lattice embedded in graphite. In 1943 it was dismantled and reassembled at the Palos Park unit of the Argonne National Laboratory.
A nuclear fission chain reaction —
An uranium-235 atom absorbs a neutron, and fissions into two (fission fragments), releasing three new neutrons and a large amount of binding energy.
One of those neutrons is absorbed by an atom of uranium-238, and does not continue the reaction. Another neutron leaves the system without being absorbed. However, one neutron does collide with an atom of uranium-235, which then fissions and releases two neutrons and more binding energy.
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=522592
An uranium-235 atom absorbs a neutron, and fissions into two (fission fragments), releasing three new neutrons and a large amount of binding energy.
One of those neutrons is absorbed by an atom of uranium-238, and does not continue the reaction. Another neutron leaves the system without being absorbed. However, one neutron does collide with an atom of uranium-235, which then fissions and releases two neutrons and more binding energy.
Title page of the assembly language code that produced Altair BASIC — Developed by Allen, Gates, and Monte Davidoff, with two early Microsoft business cards showing Gates as president and Allen as vice president Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10631089
Microsoft logo/avatar — 2012–present: Fifth Microsoft logo, introduced on August 23, 2012 Photo Credit: By Microsoft Corporation - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20799781
Microsoft logo/avatar
2012–present: Fifth Microsoft logo, introduced on August 23, 2012