The work was inspired by physicists Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi, when in 1939 they used a particle accelerator to smash an atom, establishing that nuclear fission was possible.
The work was inspired by physicists Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi. They used a particle accelerator. This was in 1939. This was to smash an atom. Nuclear fission was possible. They was establishing this. This was in 1939.