Jim Sanborn's Critical Assembly, uses lab equipment from the Manhattan Project. ©LAT-WP |
An exhibition in Washington on the Atomic Bomb depicts what happens when pure, elegant science meets world-threatening technology. It is a leading American artist's way of telling the world to do some deep thinking, says
Detail from Jim Sanborn's "Assembly for Determining Critical Mass. ©LAT-WP |
The Jim Sanborn installation is not so much about A-bomb research as a direct example of it. ©LAT-WP |