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Kim Jong Un, First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, First Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, inspected the Sci-Tech Complex, a yardstick of the Party’s idea of giving importance to science and technology and the Juche-oriented art of architecture in the 21st century.
The complex sprawling over an area of 106.600 square metres is a base for disseminating the achievements in latest science and technology, which will be presented to the Korean people as a gift in the present era of the knowledge-based economy by supreme leader Kim Jong Un, who is realizing the lofty intentions of the great leaders Kim Il SungandKim Jong Il who had ensured that the Grand People’s Study House was built in the 1980s to make all the people study there.
Feasting his eyes with a beaming smile on his face on the complex, which has been built in a magnificent and splendid style on the picturesque Taedong riverside, the supreme leader repeatedly said to himself that it looks really wonderful.
After being briefed on the complex in front of a map showing its bird’s eye view, he looked round its several places to get familiar in detail with construction and preparations for its operation.
The complex can discharge with credit its mission as a comprehensive e-library that stores the sci-tech books that have already been off press as well as achievements in latest science and technology of our country and advanced sci-tech data of different countries throughout the world, he noted, adding that it is a laudable achievement.
He was pleased to say that a building that can accommodate 500 guests, which blends in well with the surroundings of the complex, has also been built splendidly as befits a hotel in such a way as to provide every convenience for visitors.
Noting that he was deeply moved to admiration for the service personnel and people who have cherished creative zeal, indomitable mental strength and burning patriotism while touring the complex for hours, he, on behalf of the WPK, gave thanks to the commanding officers, officials, construction workers and other volunteers who have prepared another excellent gift to be presented to the people by the Party.
Stressing the need to develop the country into a sci-tech power, a talented nation, in order to build on this land a thriving country where all dreams of the people come true, he advanced the tasks and ways for making full preparations for operation.
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Chien-Shiung Wu – Scientist of the Day
Chien-Shiung Wu, a Chinese-American experimental physicist, was born May 31, 1912, in Jiangsu province, China.
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Toshiko Yuasa, 1947. Yuasa was a nuclear physicist who worked in France at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, and published a 1954 article warning of the dangers of hydrogen-bomb testing at Bikini Atoll.
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Neutron star interior illustration I had a chance to create for Quanta magazine last month.
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Today in Science History:
The first nuclear reactor, dubbed Chicago Pile-1, was constructed on a squash court underneath the University of Chicago by a team led by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. It was made of of a “pile” of uranium, graphite (used as a moderator) and cadmium control rods, which act as neutron absorbers to “control” or “slow down” the reaction. It first achieved a self sustaining nuclear reaction on December 2nd, 1942 at 3:25 pm.
Learn more (article from 2017):
Remembering the Chicago Pile, the World’s First Nuclear Reactor
I’ve spent three hours now researching the history of nuclear energy, so if you have questions about that now would be the best time to ask. ☢️
