@wellerstein Assuming this thing ever happened, I find it impossible not to believe Oppenheimer was clowning him on, rolling his eyes.
Here, for example, Laurence claims to have schools a young Oppenheimer in the meaning behind his physics. Riiiight.pic.twitter.com/lNSjehyxvs
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@wellerstein Amused, perhaps, but "clowning him on"? RO had strong interest in communicating science to the public. https://archive.org/details/scienceandthecom007308mbp … -
@CarlsonEngineer I just don't buy Oppenheimer being impressed by Laurence's street philosophy. -
@wellerstein But he may have respected the attempt to understand.
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@wellerstein E. O. Lawrence was one of those who needed to buy an extra plane ticket for his ego. Also - an hour to walk 1.5 miles? Wimp! -
@TomLevenson This is W.L. Laurence, but also a big ego. :-) He says it was icy, the winter of 1932. -
@wellerstein Ah. As for ice. In my day, we walked up hill to MIT both ways. Barefoot. On razor blades.
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@wellerstein I find this somewhat believable since it's set in the early 30s when Oppie was still known to be too dense for his students..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein I get the feeling that Oppie became a skilled popular communicator of science only in his later years.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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