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Wilkening, M. (Marvin).
Marvin Wilkening papers, 1940-1992.
This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, reprints, publications, and photographs. Material documents Wilkening's participation in the experiment that produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942 and later scientific work at nuclear installations. The collection also includes Enrico Fermi's handwritten description of the monitoring of the first Chicago pile, statements by atomic scientists regarding the global consequences of nuclear power, photographs of the Manhattan Project staff, notes written during the Trinity Site nuclear test, newspaper clippings and photocopies dealing with the anniversaries of the first nuclear chain reaction, and publications related to the Manhattan Project.
Wilkening is professor emeritus of physics and dean emeritus of graduate studies at New Mexico Tech where he served as chair of the Department of Physics for 15 years. As a faculty member in the department, he conducted research on the atmospheric environment, both indoors and outdoors, specializing in the use of radon gas and its decay products as powerful investigative tools.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Wilkening, M. (Marvin).
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Trinity Site (N.M.)
Nuclear reactors -- Analysis.
Photographs. aat
Physicists.
AIP-ICOS
University of Chicago. The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections. 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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