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Ted Petry, last surviving witness to first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, dies at 94

Ted Petry, last surviving witness to first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, dies at 94


Ted Petry

Ted Petry, last known witness to pioneering nuclear reaction at UChicago, 1924-2018

Pyrotechnic artwork commemorates 75th anniversary of first nuclear reaction

Former U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz caps first day of nuclear reaction commemoration

‘The Big Bang of Big Science:’ How the Manhattan Project transformed the field

Cai Guo-Qiang’s pyrotechnic artwork to join UChicago’s commemoration of first nuclear reaction

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Race to the first nuclear chain reaction

UChicago launches commemoration of landmark discovery with Oct. 1 event on new nuclear landscape

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Aims of Education address to discuss legacy of first nuclear chain reaction

Workshops imagine future for urban design at UChicago