Word: alvarez
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later, Dr. Alvarez was questioned by Dr. Ward V. Evans, professor emeritus of chemistry at Loyola University of Chicago, a member of the security board (also later was the one member to vote for restoring Oppenheimer's clearance...
...Point of View." Among many scientists Oppenheimer is held in high esteem, and even awe. Yet a number of his colleagues came before the security board, in answer to subpoenas, and testified against him. Among them was Dr. Luis Alvarez, professor of physics at the University of California, who was on the staff at Los Alamos during World War II (he helped develop the detonating mechanism for the atomic bomb). In September 1949, after the Russians exploded an atomic bomb, Dr. Alvarez and Dr. Lawrence decided to push for development of the H-bomb. Nearly all of the scientists they...
...Alvarez: He said he did not think the United States should build the hydrogen bomb, and the main reason he gave for this . . . was that if we built a hydrogen bomb, then the Russians would build a hydrogen bomb, whereas if we did not build a hydrogen bomb, then the Russians would not build a hydrogen bomb. I found this such an odd point of view that I don't understand it to this...
...Elements of the Mystic." Wendell Mitchell Latimer, professor of chemistry at the University of California and associate director of the university's radiation laboratory, painted the same picture as Dr. Alvarez. Dr. Latimer wanted to move ahead with thermonuclear development right after the Russians exploded an atom bomb...
Professional Complaint. In Manhattan, questioning Burglary Suspect Margaro Alvarez, detectives asked him his occupation, got a candid answer: "I steal. I don't get much, but it's a living...