Amis de l'IHES
Conference by Andrea ZOIA on April 9th, 5:30 pm
New event organized by Les Amis de l’IHES on Wednesday April 9th, 2025 at 5:30 pm (French Time) at IHES
Andrea ZOIA (CEA) gave a conference in French in hybrid format, entitled:
«The Chicago Piles, a scientific adventure that changed the world »
What happened on December 2, 1942, under the bleachers of the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field stadium forever marked the history of mankind: by removing the last control bar and thus starting the “Chicago Pile”, Enrico FERMI and his colleagues demonstrated the feasibility of a controlled chain reaction. Thus they gave birth to the “nuclear age” of energy, just four years after the discovery of fission (December 1938). The vision of these pioneers had a lasting impacton the development of nuclear reactor technologies.
Zoom link to the conference:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82899632386?pwd=y8ITyDbPEXYhOLVSF8Tsad3CiXXc7r.1
Contact : Ingrid Peeters
