<p>Physics is one of the fields in which we are the most famous, not necessarily the most. We run Argonne and Fermi national labs, and ran the first controlled nuclear reaction for the Manhattan Project.</p>
<p>Also, three recent movies set here, Proof (good), The Core (bad) and Chain Reaction (bad) all involved math/physiscs. </p>
<p>FWIW, Indiana Jones worked here too.</p>