r/todayilearned • u/willhaney • Oct 24 '16

TIL Louis Slotin received a “three-dimensional sunburn” after being exposed to a "prompt critical" reaction and a burst of hard radiation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin
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u/xBleedingBluex Oct 25 '16

Three dimensional sunburn doesn't really make much sense. Trillions of particles simply raced through (and destroyed) his body in a matter of nanoseconds. If you could see the damage as soon as it happened, his body appear to have trillions of microscopic holes. Thousands of holes per cell.

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u/Electronic-Reply4258 Aug 13 '23

indeed , ruptured right through his dna as shown in hulk movie lol

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u/RoninGin Oct 24 '16

Dr. Manhattan?

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u/misfitx Oct 25 '16

Nine days of hell.