Louis Slotin AKA Louis Alexander Slotin Born: 1-Dec-1910 Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Died: 30-May-1946 Location of death: Los Alamos, NM Cause of death: Accident - Misc [1] Remains: Buried, Shaarey Zedek Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Physicist, Chemist Nationality: Canada Executive summary: Died tickling the dragon's tail [1] Severe radiation sickness, caused by 2100 rems of neutron and gamma rays. Father: Israel Slotin Mother: Sonya Slotin Brother: Sam Sister: Bertha
University: BS, University of Manitoba (1932) University: MS, University of Manitoba (1933) University: PhD Physical Chemistry, King's College London (1936) Scholar: University of Chicago (1937)
Manhattan Project Los Alamos National Laboratory Naturalized US Citizen 1946 Radiation Mishap Los Alamos National Laboratory (21-May-1946) Asteroid Namesake 12423 Slotin Russian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
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