Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Another great passing I've long been fascinated by the lives and work of the great 20th century physicists, especially those who contributed to building the atomic bomb and then articulated their conscience. Bethe was the last of those great ones: Hans Bethe, Father of Nuclear Astrophysics, Dies at 98. Hans Bethe, who discovered the violent force behind sunlight, helped devise the atom bomb and eventually cried out against the military excesses of the cold war. By By WILLIAM J. BROAD. [NYT > Home Page] 8:45:30 AM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

QOTD "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." Bertolt Brecht.  [Quotes of the Day] 8:42:34 AM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

Getting that design built BayDUX co-chair Pabini Gabriel-Petit reports from a recent event at Cooper in San Francisco on getting buy-in to build what you've designed. 8:33:40 AM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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