Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:15:14 05/10/05
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On May 10, 2005 at 11:40:48, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On May 10, 2005 at 10:45:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. > >Maybe it was Hans Bethe? :-) > >Thanks, >Eugene Is he still at Cornell? That is if he is still alive? If he's still alive and well, he must be nearing 100...
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