The Man Who Survived Being Shot Through the Head By the World’s Strongest Laser

Louis Slotin

This Canadian scientist worked on the first steps of the Manhattan project. He was testing reaction materials in a stable environment when his hand slipped and he caused an immediate nuclear reaction. This reaction held the radioactive equivalent of standing 1500 meters away from an atomic bomb explosion. Slotin died in the hospital 9 days after his exposure.

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