The new movie Oppenheimer has been bringing people to the theatres and taking them back in time looking at the creation of the atomic bomb, but a Winnipegger who was part of the project still remains in the shadows.
has been bringing people to the theatres and taking them back in time looking at the creation of the atomic bomb, but a Winnipegger who was part of the project still remains in the shadows.By the time he was 16, he went to the University of Manitoba, where he got both his Bachelor's and Master's of Science and by the time he was 25, he had a doctorate in biochemistry from London University.
At Los Alamos – the location where the secret works of the Manhattan Project took place – Slotin was tasked with developing the combat core for the 'Gadget' – the name of the bomb before it exploded in the Trinity nuclear test.“My uncle was given the privilege of delivering the atomic bomb to the armed forces and they gave him a certificate calling him the chief armourer of the US armed forces.
“There was one scene where they were assembling the Gadget…and there was a person there that could have been my uncle, because that was what my uncle did at that time.”Slotin and his family originally lived on Alfred Avenue before building a house and moving to Scotia Street at the end of Inkster. Now, not far from the Slotin home on Scotia, there is a plaque that honours Slotin and his scientific contributions.
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