How the nuclear age burst onto the world from a squash court A scale model of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first-ever nuclear reaction. It was built in total secrecy in 1942 on the squash court underneath the football stands at the University of Chicago. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) LEMONT, Ill. -- On December 2, 1942, one of the most important moments in world history took place on a squash court underneath the bleachers of the University of Chicago's ...
July 3, 2013 - CNET