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Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge
(27 Jul 1904 - 14 Jul 1966)
American nuclear physicist who directed the first atom bomb test of the Manhattan Project in 1945.
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Science Quotes by Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (3 quotes)
I had a feeling of exhilaration that the 'gadget' had gone off properly followed by one of deep relief. I wouldn't have to go to the tower to see what had gone wrong.
— Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1975)
No one who saw it could forget it, a foul and awesome display.
Recounting his memories of the first atom bomb test on 16 Jul 1945.
Recounting his memories of the first atom bomb test on 16 Jul 1945.
— Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge
'A Foul and Awesome Display,' Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists vol. 32, 5 (May 1975), 46. Quoted in Cynthia C. Kelly, Remembering the Manhattan Project: Perspectives on the Making of the Atomic Bomb and its Legacy (2005), 25
by Cynthia C. Kelly
Now we're all sons-of-bitches.
Remark to Robert Oppenheimer immediately after the first atom bomb test explosion at Alamogordo.
Remark to Robert Oppenheimer immediately after the first atom bomb test explosion at Alamogordo.
— Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge
Quoted in Lansing Lamont, Day of Trinity (1966), 242.
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Short biography of Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge on Today in Science History page for date of birth, 27 Jul 1904.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
