@jpm funny you mention . ฮผWave, I had the chance to meet this fella, early 90s in Adelaide.
For reasons unbeknown it fell through, it would have been cool to talk about his time with Rutherford at the Cavendish Lab Cambridge; Asked some Qโs on the Cavity Magnetron pointed at Axis aircraft; MAUD, U235 and the nuclear program.
<https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/mark-oliphant/>
Iโm sure there were no qualms firing a 10cm beam on enemy aircraft but Oli would have cautioned pointing RF at bike riders.
cc @Kels_316
#Randall/ #Boot / #Frisch / #Peierls / #Lawrence / #Conant / #Fermi
This 3-way interview from '02, featuring #Rorty, #Putnam + #Conant is very interesting.
Most interesting about it, to my mind, is that it's Putnam who comes across as most down-to-earth, most authentically, experientially connected with real-world concerns. In other words, who comes across as most genuinely #pragmatist. Even when referencing #Kant or #Plato, he is less abstract in tone and content than either Conant or, especially, Rorty. Symptomatic?
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CJ Stevens - Metaphysiology