I will be firing the Chekov's Gun I inadvertently left hanging at the beginning of my models discussion as follows:
After the second world war, President Truman sought the counsel of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the Manhattan Project which built and delivered the first atomic bombs. "I have blood on my hands," Oppenheimer is said to have told the man who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Infuriated, Truman called Oppenheimer a "cry-baby scientist" and said, "I don't ever want to see that son of a b_ in this office ever again."
The high stakes world of leadership and politics demands we balance an openness to alternative perspectives with a decisive clarity and relentless focus on practical outcomes. In physics as well, we must simultaneously be receptive to a wide range of potential models but be ready to select the appropriate model and drive it home to a correct understanding of our problem.
That is an epic story. So long as I'm mentioning Truman, I need to work that in somehow. Particularly since Oppenheimer is such a villain in Chapter 5. Thanks for the reminder.
Truman apparently "felt that way" about at least one physicist.
https://www.biography.com/political-figures/a44361438/why-harry-truman-didnt-like-oppenheimer-atomic-bombs
I will be firing the Chekov's Gun I inadvertently left hanging at the beginning of my models discussion as follows:
After the second world war, President Truman sought the counsel of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the Manhattan Project which built and delivered the first atomic bombs. "I have blood on my hands," Oppenheimer is said to have told the man who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Infuriated, Truman called Oppenheimer a "cry-baby scientist" and said, "I don't ever want to see that son of a b_ in this office ever again."
The high stakes world of leadership and politics demands we balance an openness to alternative perspectives with a decisive clarity and relentless focus on practical outcomes. In physics as well, we must simultaneously be receptive to a wide range of potential models but be ready to select the appropriate model and drive it home to a correct understanding of our problem.
Thanks again, Man of the Atom.
You are most welcome, Aetherczar. I eagerly await this tome.
That is an epic story. So long as I'm mentioning Truman, I need to work that in somehow. Particularly since Oppenheimer is such a villain in Chapter 5. Thanks for the reminder.
Definitely.