Do you know him . very slightly and i dont think he knew me at all. You have to understand that i was a very insignificant player. Man,s working for dick fein that is how i knew people at all. I was working for him at a very basic level. And i a desk calculator did that for him a lot and if he inman had thek fe kind of electronic, programmable electric calculator that you can buy today for 50, he would not all. Needed me at luckily for me, he did need that, so i had the opportunity to be with him for lots and lots of time. He was fascinating. I did not do much for him. Tell us about dick feinman . Murray he was different than anybody else and i met many great physicists. He was a very intuitive person. He looked at everything in a different way. His way was always clearer and better than if you wouldve thought of something by yourself the keyword there is clearer. The moment you were told something, you could see that. To not do whatle he told you. He was my professor and you could lea
I was an undergraduate student at cornell university. A group for studying physics. It was clear that they could be not be kept out of the army very long. They were looking for programs in which we could serve, and i really believe that there was Something Else behind it. In the first world war, a man, whom i think was named henry moseley, the youngest and probably the most promising young atomic scientist in the country, had, against the advised advice of his friends and colleagues, had fought in the infantry and died to risk that was a shocking thing to the entire science community. And i think our professors were really trying to save us. It wasnt that los alamos needed me. Tell us about your road to los alamos. Murray well, i was informed by one of my professors that there was this project where i could serve and make use of what little training in physics i already had and that it would be a really good thing to do and, but, it was completely secret, i would be somewhere in the un
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Rawhide is ok. Next on American History tv a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the spy couple who leaked secrets about the atom bomb to the russians. They discuss the role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington d. C. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard Professor Emeritus im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it emotionally or intellectually. It is a story that goes back to the 1930s when young people joined the communist party in the United States, and world war ii came along, and t
They formed that bond with him and i think that carried him through. It kept him from getting a lot more trouble in places where other president s would have faced a lot rougher time. Rawhide is ok. Up next, a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A spy couple who leaked secrets of the atom bomb. The role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington dc. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard professor emeritus, im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it, emotionally or intellectually. It is a stor