Tue April 28, 2026
Lectures on Tap - Inside the Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Nuclear Age - Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in SF bars.
Location: 850 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Lecture: "Inside the Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Nuclear Age"
Speaker: Nuclear Engineer, Max Monange
In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, and moral reckoning behind the Manhattan Project, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and a handful of young scientists at Los Alamos raced to build the most powerful weapon ever created.
But this is more than the story of a bomb. Nuclear physicist Max Monange, working at the forefront of modern fusion research, will explore the dawn of the Nuclear Age and how, paradoxically, the Manhattan Project laid the groundwork for civilian nuclear power and today's quest for clean energy.
Max Monange is a physicist-turned-nuclear engineer who leads the U.S. arm of EX-Fusion, Japan's first private laser fusion company. He holds a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley and a First-Class degree in Physics from King's College London, and works at the intersection of entrepreneurship and next-generation nuclear technologies.
Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap!
Agenda
6:30 PM - Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line--arriving early is key.
6:55 PM - Host introduction
7:00 PM - Lecture begins
7:45 PM - Audience Q&A
8:00 PM - Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM - Wrap up.
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Location: 850 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Lecture: "Inside the Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Nuclear Age"
Speaker: Nuclear Engineer, Max Monange
In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, and moral reckoning behind the Manhattan Project, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and a handful of young scientists at Los Alamos raced to build the most powerful weapon ever created.
But this is more than the story of a bomb. Nuclear physicist Max Monange, working at the forefront of modern fusion research, will explore the dawn of the Nuclear Age and how, paradoxically, the Manhattan Project laid the groundwork for civilian nuclear power and today's quest for clean energy.
Max Monange is a physicist-turned-nuclear engineer who leads the U.S. arm of EX-Fusion, Japan's first private laser fusion company. He holds a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley and a First-Class degree in Physics from King's College London, and works at the intersection of entrepreneurship and next-generation nuclear technologies.
Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap!
Agenda
6:30 PM - Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line--arriving early is key.
6:55 PM - Host introduction
7:00 PM - Lecture begins
7:45 PM - Audience Q&A
8:00 PM - Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM - Wrap up.
Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in SF bars.
Location: 850 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Lecture: "Inside the Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Nuclear Age"
Speaker: Nuclear Engineer, Max Monange
In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, and moral reckoning behind the Manhattan Project, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and a handful of young scientists at Los Alamos raced to build the most powerful weapon ever created.
But this is more than the story of a bomb. Nuclear physicist Max Monange, working at the forefront of modern fusion research, will explore the dawn of the Nuclear Age and how, paradoxically, the Manhattan Project laid the groundwork for civilian nuclear power and today's quest for clean energy.
Max Monange is a physicist-turned-nuclear engineer who leads the U.S. arm of EX-Fusion, Japan's first private laser fusion company. He holds a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley and a First-Class degree in Physics from King's College London, and works at the intersection of entrepreneurship and next-generation nuclear technologies.
Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap!
Agenda
6:30 PM - Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line--arriving early is key.
6:55 PM - Host introduction
7:00 PM - Lecture begins
7:45 PM - Audience Q&A
8:00 PM - Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM - Wrap up.
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Location: 850 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Lecture: "Inside the Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Nuclear Age"
Speaker: Nuclear Engineer, Max Monange
In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, and moral reckoning behind the Manhattan Project, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and a handful of young scientists at Los Alamos raced to build the most powerful weapon ever created.
But this is more than the story of a bomb. Nuclear physicist Max Monange, working at the forefront of modern fusion research, will explore the dawn of the Nuclear Age and how, paradoxically, the Manhattan Project laid the groundwork for civilian nuclear power and today's quest for clean energy.
Max Monange is a physicist-turned-nuclear engineer who leads the U.S. arm of EX-Fusion, Japan's first private laser fusion company. He holds a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley and a First-Class degree in Physics from King's College London, and works at the intersection of entrepreneurship and next-generation nuclear technologies.
Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap!
Agenda
6:30 PM - Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line--arriving early is key.
6:55 PM - Host introduction
7:00 PM - Lecture begins
7:45 PM - Audience Q&A
8:00 PM - Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM - Wrap up.
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