Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 11:17:52 05/10/05
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On May 10, 2005 at 14:15:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... He died 2 months ago. He was 98... Thanks, Eugene
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