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From: starmaker@ix.netcom.com
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>>>>>>>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:21:37 -0700, The Starmaker
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>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:52:17 -0700, The Starmaker
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>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:37:15 -0700, The Starmaker
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>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:28:04 -0700, The Starmaker
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>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
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