Columbia University
Working at Columbia University from 1939 to 1942, Enrico Fermi and Herbert Anderson furthered their collaborative research on fission, constructing a series of exponential piles to test their theories. Fermi concluded that it should be possible to sustain a chain reaction in uranium which, under the right conditions, might multiply fast enough to cause a nuclear explosion. Along with physicist Leo Szilard, Fermi proposed placing the uranium in a matrix of graphite, forming a cubical lattice with potential for inducing a self-sustaining controlled reaction.
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University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, Archival Photographic Files, apf1-11212
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Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Herbert L. Anderson Papers, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Herbert L. Anderson Papers, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Herbert L. Anderson Papers, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Collection, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
