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Albert Crewe (February 18, 1927 - November 18, 2009) Director of Argonne National Laboratory from 1961-1967, Crewe led the effort to construct an Argo...

Albert Crewe (February 18, 1927 - November 18, 2009) Director of Argonne National Laboratory from 1961-1967, Crewe led the effort to construct an Argo...

CP-1 Chianti bottle and signatures. Forty-nine people were present in a converted squash-racquet court at the University of Chicago's abandoned Stagg...

Experimental Boiling Water Reactor 1. The extremely stable Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR) in 1956. It proved that a direct cycle boiling wa...

Chicago Pile-1. This drawing depicts the historic Dec. 2, 1942, event of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. It took place u...

Chalkboard marking the place where, and scientists present when, electricity was first generated from atomic energy, on December 20th, 1951. Argonne N...

This is a Split Table Zero Power Reactor. Housed at the Argonne's Idaho site, called Argonne-West (now Idaho National Laboratory), the reactor provide...

At the controls of Chicago Pile-3 in 1954. Fred Cokeing, pile operator with the longest experience at the lab, operates the controls as CP-3 makes its...

Chicago Pile-3 site A. CP-3 was the first heavy water reactor to go critical, on May 15, 1944. It was shut down in 1954. Argonne National Laboratory.

Chicago Pile-3 site A. CP-3 was the first heavy water reactor to go critical, on May 15, 1944. It was shut down in 1954. Argonne National Laboratory.

U.S.S. Nautilus. One of Argonne National Laboratory's early assignments (Dec. 31, 1947) was to design a nuclear power plant for a submarine. The Naval...

Chicago Pile-3 demolition, November 7, 1955. CP-3 was the first heavy water reactor to go critical, on May 15, 1944. It was shut down in 1954. Argonne...

First electricity from nuclear power. The Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), designed and built by Argonne National Laboratory, achieved many ben...

BORAX III Reactor. Mr. Meyer Novick, director of the Idaho Division of Argonne National Laboratory, stands beside the turbine generator of BORAX III....

President Jimmy Carter at Argonne National Laboratory with Argonne director Walter E. Massey. Walter E. Massey was the ANL director from 1979 to 1984.

First neutrino observation in a hydrogen bubble chamber. The world's first neutrino observation in a hydrogen bubble chamber was found November 13, 19...

Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the de...

Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the de...

Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the de...

Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the de...

Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the de...

ugene Paul "E. P." Wigner (1902-1995) was a Hungarian American theoretical physicist and mathematician. Wigner is important for having laid the founda...

An engraving of an astronomer by Albrecht Durer, from the title page of Messahalah, De scientia motus orbis (1504). As in many medieval illustrations,...

Hipparchus in his observatory in Alexandria. In the center is an armillary sphere (spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth, that represent lin...

Illustration from Hevelius' Machina coelestis (1673), containing a description of his instruments.Johannes Hevelius (January 28, 1611 - January 28, 16...

Hevelius observing the night sky, 1647. Johannes Hevelius (January 28, 1611 - January 28, 1687) was a Polish astronomer. He is remembered as the found...

The Harmonia Macrocosmica is a star atlas written by Andreas Cellarius and published in 1660 by Johannes Janssonius. The first part of the atlas conta...

A drawing done by Brahe of the planetary orbits, diagrammed on the basis of his observed data. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Danish astronomer and alchemis...

Virgil, the Roman poet, with his patron Maecenas standing behind beehives. The man on the left is giving the "swarm warning" on a cymbal, a means used...

The oldest pictures of bee-keepers in action are from the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. In Niuserre's sun temple bee-keepers are blowing smoke into hi...

"King Harold Was Killed" The death of Harold as portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry. Harold II (1022-1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. His...

Charlemagne, usually at war in all parts of Europe, never missed an opportunity to hunt. He was followed by a large number of huntsmen and attendants...

The Ancient Romans left behind representations of boar hunting in both literature and art. Hunting became popular among young Romans starting from th...

In the early hours of September 2, 1666 a fire began at a bakehouse in Pudding Lane. Sparks from the bakehouse showered surrounding buildings, ignitin...

In the early hours of September 2, 1666 a fire began at a bakehouse in Pudding Lane. Sparks from the bakehouse showered surrounding buildings, ignitin...

Emperor Kang Shi's (Kangxi) tour of Kiang-Han in 1699, after Chaio Ping Chen (1661-1722) (ink & color on silk backed paper) by Qing Dynasty Chinese Sc...

Kublai Khan (1215-1294) was a Mongolian leader who made an impact on China, not only through conquest, but also by ruling successfully. Many of the ru...

Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into...

Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into...

Marc Antony delivers Caesar's funeral oration. Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. He played a critical role in the gra...

Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 37-68 AD) was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. During his reign...

Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 37-68 AD) was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. During his reign...

The Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors from around 275 BC until the 4th century when they were dissolved by Emperor Con...

The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (important route over the Tiber) took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I (wearing crown on horse, center)...

Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus Augustus, 331/332-363 AD) was a military commander, theosophist, social reformer, noted philosopher and Greek writer...

Titus (39-81 AD), was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming...

According to the Roman mythology, the founders of Rome were Romulus and Remus. The story begins with the deposition of Numitor (their grandfather and...

According to the Roman mythology, the founders of Rome were Romulus and Remus. The story begins with the deposition of Numitor (their grandfather and...

According to the Roman mythology, the founders of Rome were Romulus and Remus. The story begins with the deposition of Numitor (their grandfather and...

Publius Claudius Pulcher (died 249/246 BC) was a Roman general. His father was Gaius Claudius. He was the first of the Claudii to be given the cognom...