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John Cockcroft

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Physicist who, with Ernest Walton, split the atom using accelerated protons in 1932, earning them a Nobel Prize. This demonstrated controlled nuclear reactions.

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The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)

The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)

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Physicist who, with Ernest Walton, split the atom using accelerated protons in 1932, earning them a Nobel Prize. This demonstrated controlled nuclear reactions.