Louis Slotin

Louis Slotin
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Winnipeg, 1 Disamba 1910
ƙasa	Kanada
Mutuwa	Los Alamos (en) , 30 Mayu 1946
Makwanci	Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (en)
Yanayin mutuwa	accidental death (en) occupational injury (en)  (radiation syndrome (en) )
Killed by	demon core (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	King's College London (en) St. John's High School (en) University of Manitoba (en) (1927 -
Matakin karatu	Digiri a kimiyya Master of Science (en) doctorate (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	physicist (en) , chemist (en) , marubucin labaran da ba almara da nuclear physicist (en)
Mahalarcin Manhattan Project (en)

Gwamnatin Amurka ta yaba wa Slotin a matsayin jarumi saboda amsawa da sauri don hana mutuwar abokan aikinsa. Koyaya, wasu masana kimiyyar lissafi suna jayayya cewa halin Slotin kafin hadarin ba shi da hankali kuma ana iya hana mutuwarsa. Hadarin da sakamakonsa an nuna su a cikin labaran da ba na almara ba da kuma wadanda ba na almarawa ba.

Rayuwa ta farko

Louis Slotin shi ne na farko cikin yara uku da aka haifa a Isra'ila da Sonia Slotin, 'yan gudun hijirar Yahudawa masu magana da Yiddish waɗanda suka tsere daga Kisan kiyashi na Rasha zuwa Winnipeg, Manitoba . Ya girma a unguwar North End ta Winnipeg, wani yanki da ke da babban taro na baƙi na Gabashin Turai. Tun daga farkon kwanakinsa a Makarantar Firamare ta Machray har zuwa shekarunsa na matasa a Makarantar Sakandare ta St. John, Slotin ya kasance mai ban mamaki a ilimi. Yayansa, Sam, daga baya ya ce ɗan'uwansa "yana da matsanancin ƙarfi wanda ya ba shi damar yin karatu na dogon lokaci".

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, Slotin ya shiga Jami'ar Manitoba don neman digiri a kimiyya. A lokacin da yake karatun digiri, ya sami lambar yabo ta zinare ta jami'a a fannin kimiyyar lissafi da ilmin sunadarai. Slotin ya sami B.Sc. digiri a fannin ilimin ƙasa daga jami'a a 1932 da kuma M.Sc. digiri a cikin 1933. Tare da taimakon daya daga cikin masu ba da shawara, ya sami tallafi don yin karatu a Kwalejin King ta London a ƙarƙashin kulawar Arthur John Allmand, [1] shugaban sashen ilmin sunadarai, wanda ya ƙware a fagen amfani da electrochemistry da photochemistry. [2]

Kwalejin Sarki ta London

Yayinda yake a Kwalejin King's London, Slotin ya bambanta kansa a matsayin Mai dambe mai son ta hanyar lashe gasar zakarun dambe ta kwalejin. Daga baya, ya ba da ra'ayi cewa ya yi yaƙi don Jamhuriyar Spain kuma ya horar da shi don tashi da mayaƙa tare da Royal Air Force . Marubucin Robert Jungk ya ba da labarin a cikin littafinsa Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists, tarihin farko na Manhattan Project, cewa Slotin "ya ba da kansa don hidima a cikin Yaƙin basasar Spain, saboda farin ciki fiye da siyasa. Sau da yawa yana cikin matsanancin haɗari a matsayin mai bindigar jirgin sama. " A lokacin hira shekaru bayan haka, Sam ya bayyana cewa ɗan'uwansa ya tafi "a kan yawon shakatawa a Spain" kuma bai shiga cikin yakin ba" kamar yadda aka yi tunani a baya.

Slotin ya sami Ph.D. a cikin ilmin sunadarai na jiki daga Kwalejin King ta London a 1936. Ya lashe lambar yabo don rubutunsa mai taken "An Investigation into the Intermediate Formation of Unstable Molecules During some Chemical Reactions". Bayan haka, ya shafe watanni shida yana aiki a matsayin mai bincike na musamman ga Dublin's Great Southern Railways, yana gwada batirin Drumm nickel-zinc da aka yi amfani da shi a kan Layin Dublin-Bray.