The fact that Daghlian and Slotin died in the same hospital bed has always been a sobering thought. "Well, that does it" are harrowing words.
There are famous engineering incidents that are good to study -- the Challenger disaster, the Minnesota Bridge collapse, the Therac 25... But compared with the LANL Criticality incident, there's something different. The former are all technical failure analysis.
This incident is almost existential in it's implications, like Shelly's Frankenstein. A discussion on the nature of humanity.
There are famous engineering incidents that are good to study -- the Challenger disaster, the Minnesota Bridge collapse, the Therac 25... But compared with the LANL Criticality incident, there's something different. The former are all technical failure analysis.
This incident is almost existential in it's implications, like Shelly's Frankenstein. A discussion on the nature of humanity.