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To: PIF
...the old guy graded Enrico Fermi's (the father of the hydrogen bomb) papers...

Unlikely. Fermi was born in 1901 in Rome, which would have made him about 21 years older than the man with the collection.

This story is pretty sickening. They are saying it will take decades to sort out, which means he'll be long dead before they decide whether to give any of it back.

31 posted on 04/04/2014 1:29:53 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty
Unlikely. Fermi was born in 1901 in Rome, which would have made him about 21 years older than the man with the collection.

I believe what is meant is that he graded papers FOR Fermi, Fermi being the Professor. That's what graduate students do for their professors.

42 posted on 04/04/2014 3:03:22 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Cyber Liberty
Even so, he did. I don't remember, it was a long time ago, but I think Fermi was at the Institute for Advanced Study with Einstein and Oppenheimer. They hold to have study groups and papers were graded.
44 posted on 04/04/2014 4:53:27 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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