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Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (July 27, 1904 – July 14, 1996) was an American physicist at Harvard University who worked on cyclotron research. His accurate measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes allowed him to confirm Albert Einstein's mass–energy equivalence concept. [1]
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kenneth bainbridge quote now we are all lynn bainbridge Jul 17, 2015 · I keep coming back to the post-detonation quote of Kenneth Bainbridge, the director of the Trinity project: “ Now we are all sons of bitches. ” It is often put in contrast with J. Robert Oppenheimer’s more grandiose, more cryptic, “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.”
From the 1980 BBC miniseries 'Oppenheimer'. Kenneth Bainbridge made this remark to Robert Oppenheimer following the success of the Trinity test, the first de...
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Jul 15, 2020 · Kenneth T. Bainbridge. Bainbridge, a Harvard University physicist who worked on the development of radar before joining the Manhattan Project, was in charge of the Trinity test shot.
Science Quotes by Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (4 quotes) I had a feeling of exhilaration that the 'gadget' had gone off properly followed by one of deep relief. I wouldn't have to go to the tower to see what had gone wrong. — Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1975)
Kenneth Bainbridge, director of the Trinity test, said it to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the overall scientific director of the atomic bomb project. Years later he wrote to Oppenheimer to clarify what he meant by it: The reasons for my statement were complex but two predominated.
Jul 16, 2015 · The test director, Kenneth Bainbridge, called the explosion a "foul and awesome display" and remarked to Oppenheimer, "Now we are all sons of bitches." Expressions of horror and remorse are especially common in the later writings of those who were present.
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