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17 Jun 2007 08:20:03 PM |
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Article: Manhattan Project Scientist Dies |
Manhattan Project Scientist Dies
(AP) -- Samuel Isaac Weissman, a professor and chemist who helped develop
the first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, has died, his wife
said Friday. He was 94.
Weissman died Tuesday in St. Louis. His wife, Jane Loevinger, said a cause
of death was not known.
Weissman's work with lasers and resonant energy transfer methods at the
University of California at Berkeley was cut short when he became one of the
first scientists to arrive in Los Alamos, N.M., to work on the Manhattan
Project during World War II.
"He spoke of the Los Alamos work with mixed feelings," said his son, Michael
Weissman, professor of physics at the University of Illinois. "He often
mentioned his Grandpa Benjamin's reaction after the war: 'Sam, the world
isn't ready for this thing you've built.'"
He was later intermittently active in groups working to prevent nuclear war.
Weissman earned a bachelor's degree in physical chemistry at the University
of Chicago. He was a chemistry professor at Washington University in St.
Louis from 1946 until his death, where he worked with other scientists to
pioneer the use of electron spin resonance.
Survivors include his wife, son, a sister and two grandsons.
©2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.physorg.com/news101192347.html
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17 Jun 2007 09:29:25 PM |
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Robert Karl Stonjek wrote:
Manhattan Project Scientist Dies
(AP) -- Samuel Isaac Weissman, a professor and chemist who helped develop
the first atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, has died, his wife
said Friday. He was 94.
©2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.physorg.com/news101192347.html
http://news.google.com/news?q=Weissman
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