Kenneth Bainbridge
American physicist
Died when: 91 years 353 days (1103 months)Star Sign: Leo
Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (July 27, 1904 – July 14, 1996) was an American physicist at Harvard University who did work on cyclotron research.His precise measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes allowed him to confirm Albert Einstein's mass–energy equivalence concept.
He was the Director of the Manhattan Project's Trinity nuclear test, which took place July 16, 1945.Bainbridge described the Trinity explosion as a "foul and awesome display".
He remarked to J.Robert Oppenheimer immediately after the test, "Now we are all sons of bitches." This marked the beginning of his dedication to ending the testing of nuclear weapons and to efforts to maintain civilian control of future developments in that field.
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