I met him while a student long ago. He was seriously deformed, but

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David F Mayer — 4/28/2005 7:41:25 PM (archived)

never let it get him down. He gave some great lectures on General Relativity. He also reviewed my book in Scientific American years ago. That was before word processing was common. You should have seen his letters! They were a gas. More corrections than uncorrected text.

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Philip Morrison, SETI Pioneer - ljk - 4/25/2005 12:44:23 PM
- re: Someone ought to answer this question - SDF - 4/27/2005 6:15:12 PM
  - re: Someone ought to answer this question - phil - 4/27/2005 6:21:22 PM
- I knew Philip Morrison, and he was a hell of a nice guy, - David F Mayer - 4/26/2005 7:47:28 PM
  - More details? - ljk - 4/27/2005 12:57:12 PM
    - I met him while a student long ago. He was seriously deformed, but - David F Mayer - 4/28/2005 7:41:25 PM
      - Web Memorial to Phil and Phylis Morrison - ljk - 5/11/2005 6:56:49 PM
  - re: I knew Philip Morrison, and he was a hell of a nice guy, - Tony - 4/27/2005 2:13:28 AM
    - How many Manhattan Project guys are left? - David F Mayer - 4/28/2005 7:42:39 PM
- The full post - ljk - 4/25/2005 12:45:12 PM
  - Detailed Obituary - ljk - 4/26/2005 1:24:00 PM
    - See the original Nature paper from 1959 that started Modern SETI - ljk - 4/26/2005 1:31:06 PM
      - Obit and Papers from Secrecy News - ljk - 4/26/2005 6:26:36 PM
      - Obit and Papers from Secrecy News - ljk - 4/26/2005 6:26:27 PM
        
        Morrison's SETI work from The SETI Institute - ljk - 4/27/2005 12:56:02 PM
        
        His eyewitness account of the Trinity Test - ljk - 4/27/2005 1:01:10 PM

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