# John Cockcroft
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Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
After service on the Western Front with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War, Cockcroft studied electrical engineering at Manchester Municipal College of Technology whilst he was an apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers Trafford Park and was also a member of their research staff. He then won a scholarship to St.
High Explosive Research
Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Sunday, 21 June 2020 is High Explosive Research.High Explosive Research was the British project to develop atomic bombs independently after the Second World War. This d…
39: Secret Government Projects (Part Two)
Here it is, Oddballs! Part two of our episode on secret government projects. Raygun goes deep into The Manhattan Project. Warning: shit gets real. Pop a bottle (or box) of wine and hang with us.
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Three Late Arrivals
In the sixth podcast of the series we look at the contributions of three inspiring university scientists, who arrived later in the story, but nevertheless led important areas of radar research and development - John Cockcroft, 'Ben' Lewis and Bernard Lovell.
If you worked at Bawdsey or know some…
#42 – Sir James Chadwick: A Brief Account of His Discovery of the Neutron (1944)
Sir James Chadwick (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was a British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atom bomb research efforts.…
Special Relativity: E=mc², Unraveling Mass-Energy Equivalence
E=mc²: The Equation That Changed the UniverseIn 1905, Albert Einstein published a three-page paper that forever changed physics. His equation, E=mc², revealed that mass and energy are interchangeable, reshaping everything from nuclear power to cosmology.For centuries, mass and energy were seen as s…
The Forgotten First Major Public Nuclear Disaster
When one thinks of nuclear nations, the United Kingdom usually doesn’t spring to mind. But Old Blighty has a long and impressive record of nuclear accomplishments dating back to the very origins of the field. British scientists like William Penney, Rudolf Peierls, and John Cockcroft were instrument…
The Forgotten First Major Public Nuclear Disaster
When one thinks of nuclear nations, the United Kingdom usually doesn’t spring to mind. But Old Blighty has a long and impressive record of nuclear accomplishments dating back to the very origins of the field. British scientists like William Penney, Rudolf Peierls, and John Cockcroft were instrument…
How the Atom Was Split for the First Time
Ever since the discovery of the proton in 1919 by Ernest Rutherford, scientists had been on a mission to break atoms apart, splitting them into their smaller components in hopes of changing elements into others. This was first successfully done by two of Rutherford's pupils, John Cockcroft and Erne…
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