Trinitite, created unintentionally during the development of the first atomic bomb, is arguably one of these byproducts. A Trinitite pendant. Image via Galactic Stone Whereas Fordite kept growing ...

At Los Alamos they turned to the site itself for a name—Trinitite. Still, where did “Trinity” come from? J. Robert Oppenheimer, the charismatic theoretical physicist who had directed the Los ...

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