Re: squash ball question

["Paul O. Johnson" <pojhome@SWBELL.NET>]

You're quite right, Karl. And that fact brings to mind a couple of questions I've always had about Brother Fermi's feat.

1. Did they not do an environmental impact study before they built that pile? I'm talking about a major potential impact such as blowing up the entire campus or at least painting the stadium with ionizing radiation.

2. Had all the squash players gone off to war? If not, where did they recreate themselves after Enrico's boys stole their court?

 

Paul O. Johnson

Collin County College

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Karl Trappe

To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu

Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 5:21 PM

Subject: Re: squash ball question

It is my understanding that at
the U of Chicago, the squash courts under the football field were the
site of the first pile reactor. Anyway, squash is of historical
significance to physicists (even if my facts are messed up).  Karl