What: In the deepest subway station in New York City, Nobel Prize winner Victor Hess conducted experiments on radiation
When: 1947
Where: 190 Street Station, Manhattan
Oct 21, 2012 | Categories: All stories, Physics & Mathematics, Post-World War II (1946-1977), Washington Heights/Inwood | Tags: 190 Street station, cosmic rays, Fordham University, MTA, New York Subway, radiation, Victor Hess | Leave A Comment »
What: The birth of the Manhattan Project
When: World War II
Where: At three locations on Broadway, including the Woolworth Building
May 16, 2010 | Categories: All stories, Early 20th Century (1898-1945), Financial District, Physics & Mathematics, Scientists & Institutions, Technology & Engineering | Tags: atomic bomb, Manhattan Project, military, U.S. Army Corps, World War II | Leave A Comment »