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Richmann's lightning experiment ends in tragedy, warning future physicists; Slotin's atomic research at the Manhattan Project also comes with fatal consequences; Rodney Marks studies star formations in Antarctica.
Richmann's lightning experiment ends in tragedy, warning future physicists; Slotin's atomic research at the Manhattan Project also comes with fatal consequences; Rodney Marks studies star formations in Antarctica.
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S2, EP6 "Chasing Particles"Richmann's lightning experiment ends in tragedy, warning future physicists; Slotin's atomic research at the Manhattan Project also comes with fatal consequences; Rodney Marks studies star formations in Antarctica.
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