>>"For months, Fermi had been attempting to produce “artificial radioactivity” by placing a bar of silver inside a lead container and then blasting it with a st

>>"For months, Fermi had been attempting to produce “artificial radioactivity” by placing a bar of silver inside a lead container and then blasting it with a stream of radon." - ELI5 the tools, methods, and how the components/processes were developed to "blast silver encased in lead with radon to incite 'particles' to hit Paraffin wax??? And please ELI5 'How the hell does one even come up with such an idea'?