During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known. — Frederick Reines Copy Share Image
However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
Most of these experiments required the reduction of the cosmic ray muon flux in order to be successful, and the group necessarily became expert… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology. — Frederick Reines Copy Share
My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
Over the years, a number of other intriguing experimental ideas and areas of investigation have been the objects of my attention, and I have… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
This line of research continued when I went, and brought my research group with me, to the new University of California, Irvine campus in… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and… — Frederick Reines Copy Share
I served as Dean until 1974, when I stepped down to return to full time teaching and research. — Frederick Reines Copy Share
