I was an undergraduate student at cornell university. A group for studying physics. It was clear that they could be not be kept out of the army very long. They were looking for programs in which we could serve, and i really believe that there was Something Else behind it. In the first world war, a man, whom i think was named henry moseley, the youngest and probably the most promising young atomic scientist in the country, had, against the advised advice of his friends and colleagues, had fought in the infantry and died to risk that was a shocking thing to the entire science community. And i think our professors were really trying to save us. It wasnt that los alamos needed me. Tell us about your road to los alamos. Murray well, i was informed by one of my professors that there was this project where i could serve and make use of what little training in physics i already had and that it would be a really good thing to do and, but, it was completely secret, i would be somewhere in the un
One in hiroshima, the other in the socket. We will hear next from murray peshkin, recruited by the u. S. Army to work at the Los Alamos Laboratory to design the bomb. He talked about the spies who infiltrated the site, as well as safety concerns trade this 45 concerns. This 45 minute oral history is from the forces of the Manhattan Project. Mr. Peshkin how did i get involved in the Manhattan Project . I was an undergraduate student at cornell university, a group of about 10 who were studying physics. It was clear that we cannot be kept out of the army very long. Programs looking for in which we could serve youthfully, and i really believe that there was Something Else behind it. In the first world war, a manned named i think it was henry moseley, who is considered probably the youngest, probably the most promising young atomic scientists in the country had against the advice of his friends and colleagues volunteered to fight in the infantry and died. A shocking thing to the entire scie
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Fever, no cure, little treatment. So far no one has caught the disease called chikundunya in the United States. The sufferers have contracted it while suffering and brought it home. But Public Health authorities in the u. S. Know its just a matter of time before its here. Chikungunya. The name comes from the language of the miconda people of tanzania. It means to become distorted. It is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes, causes fever, severe longterm joint pain. Headache rash, nausea. There is no cure for the disease, which is not fatal. It cannot be transmitted through human contact. It was first seen in 1952, but only arrived in the western hemisphere in 2015 on the caribbean island of st. Maarten. And in the u. S. There were only 2,000 cases last year. But only a tiny percentage of those originated here. By the end of this program you might be thinking, why havent i heard about this . A lot . Before today . Chikungunya can bring di billtation to working people pain that c