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The fission age began in 1932, when James Chadwick discovered neutrons by observing knock-out proton tracks in a Wilson cloud chamber from the reaction of alpha particles on beryllium-9
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Hafemeister, D. (2007). Nuclear Weapons. In: Physics of Societal Issues. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68909-8_1
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