Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.

Isidor Isaac Rabi won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his development of a technique for measuring the magnetic characteristics of atomic nuclei. Rabi's technique was based on the resonance principle first described by Irish...

Here's a site dedicated to National Nuclear Science Week, Jan. 23-27, 2012. Sponsored by the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, this special week is focused on all parts of nuclear science. You can find activities, lesson...

Site explores the history of the first nuclear weapons and the challenges of maintaining these weapons today.

Learn about Thomson's cathode ray experiment and the plum pudding model and Rutherford's gold foil experiment.