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The Chain Reaction Insight
Two physical chemists of all things in Nazi Germany and Berlin discovered the nuclear chain reaction. They were bombarding a solution of uranium nitrate with neutrons to see if they could make man-made elements beyond the uranium atom. Instead, they found krypton, which is about halfway down the periodic table from uranium. The story made headlines all over the world for the next year or so.