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From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com
On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:59:55 -0700, The Starmaker
wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:48:18 -0700, The Starmaker
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:24:58 -0700, The Starmaker
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:21:12 -0700, The Starmaker
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:48:04 -0700, The Starmaker
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:21:37 -0700, The Starmaker
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>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!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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