Word: scientists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Middle East has "two underground resources of very great importance-namely, water and oil," says British Scientist E. B. Worthington. And he adds: "Of these, water takes first place ... In the Middle East nearly as many murders take place on account of water as on account of women, which is saying a good deal." Oil is what the Middle East has to offer the rest of the world; water is what it needs for itself...
...Wiesner, director of the electronics laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who had helped pick the site, then Cohn told the committee that the scientist was now opposed to the Seattle location. Wiesner later told Woltman that Cohn had "misrepresented" his position, that he had never changed his mind about the Seattle site, and that "the sabotage charge was completely unfounded and ridiculous." Said Woltman: "By failing to present [this] vital testimony, Senator McCarthy could report mismanagement approaching sabotage . . . And the world's two largest transmitters now lie useless in Government warehouses." Swallows Come Home. Was there ever...
...those who knew Karl Taylor Compton best, it was typical that he should want to know how Smilin' Jack was doing. Famed as a scientist and educator, he carried a heavy load, but no man could have carried it with greater grace or a lighter heart. Last week, in paying tribute to him on a special broadcast from Boston, his successor, James R. Killian Jr., mentioned his achievements only in passing. Far more important to Killian was Compton himself, "emanating goodness and wisdom . . . and engendering a spirit of good will among all coming within his influence...
...masterful summary of the Oppenheimer case by TIME leaves this question unanswered: What should be done with this brilliant scientist if the AEC concurs in the decision by its special board? For the fact remains that Dr. Oppenheimer is a walking repository of highly classified security information. Should we put him in a file marked "extra special top secret?" Or shall we place his brain in a box . . . and surround it by FBI guards night...
...winter of 1942-43, Haakon Chevalier came to our home. It was, I believe, for dinner, but possibly for a drink. When I went out into the pantry, Chevalier followed me or came with me to help me. He said: "I saw George Eltenton [a Russian-trained scientist] recently." [He said that] Eltenton had told him that he had a method ... of getting technical information to Soviet scientists. He didn't describe the means. I thought I said, "But that is treason." I'm not sure. I said anyway something, "This is a terrible thing to do." Chevalier...