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Originally Posted by Hugh R
About 1945, smartest man I ever knew. Graduate of the University of British Columbia and MIT with a PhD. in nuclear engineering in about 1950. Professor of Nuclear Engineering at MIT for about 35 years. Terrible father. Liked to use the belt for anything. He mellowed when one of my triplet sisters died in a car accident in 1971. I'd struggle with Calculus and he'd help me and admit he hadn't done it for 40 years, but he breezed through it like he finished the courses yesterday. He was one of the original global warming experts, but with a lean towards "If you don't want nuclear, what do you want?". In his later life, he was on a campaign to show the real face of coal strip mining which is an environmental nightmare if you've ever seen it. He died about 28 years ago. He wrote this graduate school text book. I can't get past the first chapter. Plasmas and Controlled Fusion: David J. Rose, Melville Clark: 9780262180061: Amazon.com: Books |
Didnt you mention that he also rode your Rudge cross country? A most impressive sounding man.
My dad was also the smartest man I ever knew. Insanely talented at whatever he chose to do. Architect, Builder, Inventor (2 patents), Musician, Artist.