Speaking of physics, the University of Chicago is renowned as the birthplace of atomic energy. On December 2, 1942, in the depths of World War Ⅱ, the first manmade nuclear chain reaction was successfully conducted there, laying the foundation for the birth of the atomic bomb two years later.
以物理學來說，芝大素以「原子能誕生地」著稱﹘ ﹘一九四二年十二月二日，正是二次世界大戰水深火熱時，世界上首次人造的核子連鎖反應在芝大實驗成功，為兩年後的原子彈誕生奠定基礎。