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From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com
On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:33:57 -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:
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>>>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!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>https://archive.navalsubleague.org/1986/dr-einstein-s-torpedo-letter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Now, Albert Einstein got paid by the military $25.00 a day for his
>>>>>work...
>>>>>
>>>>>In the movie "A House of Dynamite" (2025) it cost $50 billon
>>>>>dollars(and missed the target).
>>>>>
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