[sinanju]

So he rightfully never apologized for working on the Manhattan Project but he did come to act as if nuclear bang-bangs had an evil life of their own.

[EternalVigilance]

“we ended the war”

A good enough epitaph for any man.

[JoeProBono]

Herbert F(rank) York

Born 24 Nov 1921 American nuclear physicist whose scientific research in support of national defense began in 1943 when he began work at Oak Ridge, Tenn., on the electromagnetic separation of Uranium 235 as part of the Manhattan Project during WW II. In 1952, he became the first director of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He left in Mar 1958 to join the Department of Defense as chief scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, and shortly became the Department of Defense's director of research and engineering (Dec 1958). He returned to the University of California in 1961 as chancellor and professor of physics. He was chief negotiator for the comprehensive test ban during the Carter administration.«

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

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[RichInOC]

87? That radiation will take years off your life.

[onedoug]

“The Italian navigator has landed in the New World and the natives are friendly.”

RIP