Historical figures in Los Alamos National Laboratory

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1943 to 1984. The most recorded lives are Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman and Niels Bohr. Across World War II and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Enrico Fermi

    from 1944 to 1947

    3 moments here

    Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…

  2. Jiddu Krishnamurti

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…

  3. Niels Bohr

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Danish theoretical physicist whose work on atomic structure and quantum theory earned the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.…

  4. Richard Feynman

    from 1943 to 1946

    2 moments here

    American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…

Moments

  1. 1943 Los Alamos visits Niels Bohr
  2. 1943 Arrival for Manhattan Project work Richard Feynman
  3. 1944 Arrival at Project Y Enrico Fermi
  4. 1945 Departure from Los Alamos Enrico Fermi
  5. 1946 Los Alamos colloquium Richard Feynman
  6. 1947 Recurring Los Alamos consultations Enrico Fermi
  7. 1984 Talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory Jiddu Krishnamurti

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