Kenneth Bainbridge

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Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge was an American physicist at Harvard University who worked on cyclotron research. His accurate measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes allowed him to confirm Albert Einstein's mass–energy equivalence concept.

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Test produced this glass
The Trinity test directed by Bainbridge produced trinitite when the explosion fused material at the site.
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Worked under scientific director
Bainbridge worked under Oppenheimer’s scientific leadership at Los Alamos and directed the Trinity test.
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Directed the test
Kenneth Bainbridge directed preparations for and execution of the Trinity test.
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