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Subject: Re: Albert Einstein vs Robert Oppenheimer !

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:45:14 05/10/05

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On May 09, 2005 at 21:04:01, Andrew R. Case wrote:

>On May 09, 2005 at 10:05:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On May 09, 2005 at 00:05:13, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>This is a very interesting game
>>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/games/einstein01.htm
>>
>>
>>I actually met Oppenheimer.  I was giving a talk on parallel programming at Los
>>Alamos in the 80's, and he showed up to listen.  Talked with him for a good
>>while after the primary talk was over...  He walked with me thru the Los Alamos
>>museum that had interesting info about him, including letters from the president
>>of the US dictating the security requirements he had to live under to avoid (a)
>>letting secrets about the manhatten project leak out;  (b) him getting hurt or
>>killed by accident.
>>
>>was most interesting...
>
>
>    Dr. Hyatt,
>
>     Are you sure it was the same Oppenheimer(Robert)?
>I searched the web and found that he passed away in 1967.
>
>    regards, Andrew R. Case


Good question.  I just found the same thing.  I really have no idea about the
details.  The guy I met is Los Alamos was in his 70's at least.  And while he
didn't introduce himself I believe Burton Wendroff is the one that told me who
he was.  Now I'm not so sure...  And no idea whether he had any kids or not with
the same name and same career interests.



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