Speaking of which, that reminds me -- in 1939 there was beginning to be some pretty interesting work going on in the field of nuclear physics -- Albert Einstein and his pals. I wonder if any of that ever made the newspapers? ;-)
I reported on Fermi’s discussion on sustainable chain reactions in January. There’s not even a lot of the day to day process from the conference in Chicago which Fermi was headed when he was pondering what they knew and where to go with it.
I am planning on posting a copy of Einstein’s letter on August 2nd since its my birthday and all.