Arthur Compton: The Italian navigator has landed in the New World. James B. Conant: How were the natives? Compton: Very friendly.
Behind Bon Bon is Chicago Pile-1, the first artificial nuclear reactor to reach criticality. The bottle at right is the Chianti that Eugene Wigner opened to celebrate the occasion, and a uranium glass is beside.
The choice of Bon Bon is a reference to her Secret Agent, mafia-like persona – Enrico Fermi led the CP-1 team.