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Atomic Energy (Exhibition)
birth: 1947 March 19
death: 1947 April 30
Exhibition. Opened March 19, 1947 and closed April 30, 1947. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at American Museum of Natural History. Atomic Energy featured panels that traced the discovery and development of the science of the atom.
Summary
Atomic Energy featured panels that traced the discovery and development of the science of the atom.
The panel series titles were (1):
*About Atomic Energy
*Atomic Energy: Steps in Exploring the Atom
*Nature of the Atom
*Splitting the Atom
*Rays from the Atom
*There is No Monopoly of Uranium and Thorium Ores
*Minerals and Mining: Uranium, Thorium
*Pitchblende to Plutonium
*Peacetime Uses: Radio Active Isotope Made in Atomic Piles May Be Used in Medicine, Physics, Metallurgy, Engineering, Power from Atomic Energy
*Order: The United Nation Atomic Energy Commission Aims to...
The exhibition included specimens of ores used in the manufacture of atomic energy (2, p. 1):
*Pitcheblende
*Uraninite
*Carnotite
*Thorite
*Monazite
This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.