Extremely proud to say that my new @physicstoday.aip.org feature article is live. In it, I explore the history and context of the rare interviews with J. Robert Oppenheimer recently made public by @aiphistory.bsky.social.
physicstoday.aip.org/features/opp...
The striking geological and other illustrations of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863)
Now available: David DeVorkin's April 17 Trimble lecture, "The Quiet Genius of George Carruthers."
David's among the most skilled and prolific historians of astronomy we have. He's been through some ill health, so it was extra wonderful to have him with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CEh...
Interviews now available to the public bring the famed physicist’s lesser-known early years to life.
I recently started as an Advisory Board member at WVU Press. I get to read a wide variety of manuscripts brought to us by the editors. What a wonderful opportunity i have to witness creative writing in memoirs, histories, and fiction! #WVUPress
These scientific illustrations by Orra Hitchcock (1796–1863) — executed on poster-sized linen swaths and hung on classroom walls — are striking for their modern abstraction. More here in our post by @eayers0: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hitchcock-illustrations
If you'd like to know more about John Trump, check out a brief profile I wrote on him in @physicstoday.aip.org a decade ago now. And for more on his many peers in the World War II milieu, check out my book, Rational Action.
Gregory A Good
Oooh. Adding this to the list of things to read when the semester is done.
The Public Domain Review
The president’s uncle was an MIT physicist and engineer who made his mark in the development of high-voltage generators, World War II radar, and cancer therapies.
