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Most of the science going into the Manhattan Project was experimental measurements and phenomenological models, not fundamental physics at the QM level. There w
by perihelions 1y ago
Most of the science going into the Manhattan Project was experimental measurements and phenomenological models, not fundamental physics at the QM level. There were no usable quantum-mechanical models of nuclear physics at that point.
No; they didn't really need it.
- kgwgk 1y agoIt’s just a coincidence that they employed so many experts in quantum mechanics to do those nothing-to-do-with-quantum-mechanics experimental measurements.
- GoblinSlayer 1y agoCoincidence. If you wanted to do something with elementary particles, you couldn't possibly ignore quantum physics.