Date: 1:34 pm Sat Nov 18, 1995 Number : 193 of 201 From: Temujin Base : BOMB_Net - Programming To : Grandpa Subj: Re: hmm
A> Einstein did NOT write the theory of relativity SPECIFICALLY to create the A> "bomb". And that is what I said. :) G> G> No, but it was him who realized it's potential, not the Government. A> Actually, the President's Advisory Committee understood damned well what the A> bomb could do. G> G> Um, Einstein wrote his Special Theory of Relativity, and THEN he told the G> government the implications of his formula 'E=mc' Sorry, but the G> President's Advisory Commitee is NOT composed of theoretical physicists. G> Without Einstein's knowledge, the bomb would NEVER (well, not until later) G> have been created. True, but regardless, it would have come to pass either way, (making of the bomb) and better einstein have made it then the nazi's discover it first. (like they made a jet engine first.)