Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the ... The others in the room survived, but Slotin was not so lucky. "Well, that does it," he said at the time. Over the next 9 days ...

Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin were two ... Of course, during one test, Slotin’s screwdriver slipped, and the reflective sphere enclosed the demon core. A flash of blue light and a wave of ...

contact between the reflector and the demon core would end horribly, so spacers were used to keep the separation between the two. A talented physicist and nuclear daredevil, Louis Slotin was not ...

contact between the reflector and the demon core would end horribly, so spacers were used to keep the separation between the two. A talented physicist and nuclear daredevil, Louis Slotin was not ...

The demon core of plutonium claimed numerous lives ... Los Alamos researcher Louis Slotin devised a procedure that would later be called (by Richard Feynmann no less) "tickling the dragon ...

Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of ... to the AHF. Slotin was able to quickly remove the top sphere, but once again it was too late, the BBC reported. The others in the room survived, but ...