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From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com
On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:52:17 -0700, The Starmaker
wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:37:15 -0700, The Starmaker
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:28:04 -0700, The Starmaker
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:36:36 -0700, The Starmaker
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the 1940's
>>>>the department of war
>>>>the military,
>>>>had the same problem...
>>>>
>>>>they sat around a table
>>>>they had a conference
>>>>and their solution was...
>>>>Albert Einstein.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>First I have to tell you the background
>>>of how Einstein and I became acquainted.
>>>At the time of Pearl Harbor, I was a re-
>>>search chemist in the U. S. Department
>>>of Agriculture. Soon after that, I applied
>>>for a commission in the Navy. After a
>>>long drawn-out fight with the Navy,
>>>which included one rejection, I won the
>>>fight, and received my commission as a
>>>full lieutenant (equivalent to a captain
>>>in the Army) on September 2, 1942.
>>>After that it took more than a month until
>>>I located a billet in the Bureau of Ord-
>>>nance and was called in for active duty.
>>>
>>>Mr. Clark, following Gamow’s book,
>>>wrote about the “Division of High Ex-
>>>plosives” in the Bureau of Ordnance,
>>>but there was no such thing. The Bureau
>>>had a “Research and Development Divi-
>>>sion (Re),"" the ision had a section
>>>called “Ammunition and Explosives
>>>(Re2)", and the section had a subsec-
>>>tion called “High Explosives and Propel-
>>>lants (Re2c)."” I was assigned to Re2c.
>>>It had two other reserve officers in it
>>>when I joined, and we divided the work
>>>among ourselves. One became head of
>>>propellant research, I became head of
>>>high explosives research, and the third,
>>>who was a lieutenant j.g., became my
>>>assistant and deputy. I was, on the basis
>>>of my broad experience in the field, ex-
>>>cellently qualified for my assignment. I
>>>knew the names of two high explosives:
>>>TNT and dynamite. With that knowl-
>>>edge, I became head of high explosives
>>>research and development for the world’s
>>>largest Navy!
>>>
>>>But I was young and learned fast;
>>>furthermore, the staff kept on growing as.
>>>the war progressed. I acquired two
>>>groups of civilian scientists; one headed
>>>by one of the speakers at this meeting,
>>>Raymond J. Seeger; another of tonight's
>>>speakers, Harry Polachek, was in this
>>>group; the other group was headed by
>>>Gregory Hartmann, who eventually be-
>>>came Technical Director of the post-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>permission to visit him in Princeton. The
>>>gracious consent came by return mail.
>>>The visit took place on May 16. After
>>>the pleasant preliminaries, I asked Ein-
>>>stein whether he would be willing to be-
>>>come a consultant for the Navy in general,
>>>and for me, in the field of high explo-
>>>sives research, in particular. Einstein was
>>>tremendously pleased about the offer,
>>>and very happily gave his consent. He
>>>felt very bad about being neglected. He
>>>had not been approached by anyone to
>>>do any war work since the United States
>>>entered the war. He said to me, “People
>>>think that I am interested only in theory,
>>>and not in anything practical. This is not
>>>true. I was working in the Patent Office
>>>in Zurich, and I participated in the de-
>>>velopment of many inventions. The gyro-
>>>scope too.”’ I said, “That's fine. You are
>>>hired.”
>>
>>Here is a short explaination of why they hired Albert Einstein:
>>
>>" Calvert served on the Jack under Lt. Comdr. Tommy Dykers, and here
>>is how he describes his sub’s first experience with the Mark 6
>>exploder: “We worked into an excellent position and fired three
>>torpedoes—the Jack ’s first war shots of her career. Short of the
>>predicted torpedo run time, we heard a tremendous explosion. That
>>should finish him, I thought.
>>
>>“‘ Damn those exploders … damn them all to hell! ’ said Dykers as he
>>looked through the scope.
>>
>>“‘The first torpedo prematured … just before it got to the MOT [middle
>>of the target] … and I don’t know whether the other two passed under
>>without exploding, or missed. Son of a bitch from Baghdad !’ came the
>>bitter exclamation from the skipper.” (Despite continuing torpedo
>>trouble, Jack ’s later forays were considerably more successful.)"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Einstein soved the problem...
>>
>>
>>
>>"If I were asked to state what specific
>>contributions were made by Einstein to
>>our high explosives research, I would
>>have to say this. New and more effec-
>>tive high explosives were developed dur-
>>ing the war, and they were used by the
>>Navy and the Army (which then included
>>the Air Force) against Germany, Japan
>>and their allies. (I found out later that at
>>least the underwater explosives, possibly
>>others, were also used in the Korean and
>>the Vietnam War.) But these develop-
>>ments were the results of the efforts of
>>large groups of people, including Ein-
>>stein."
>>
>>
>>Einstein is da bomb!
>>
>
>https://archive.navalsubleague.org/1986/dr-einstein-s-torpedo-letter
If you study the Pacific carrier battles carefully, you'll notice that
the Americans sank no Japanese carriers with torpedos for 2 years,
while the Japanese had great success.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20665422
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