I love this photo — it’s a 1953 picture of Princeton prof Hubert Alyea doing a demonstration during a talk about the chemistry of the atomic bomb. There’s nothing like a professor who throws in a little pyrotechnics to liven up a lecture.
Thanks to Jason Rhode for the find!
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