Re: [Phys-L] Frank Oppenheimer
In the linked article on the Oppenheimers, it was noted by KC Cole:
"On August 6, 1945, Little Boy was dropped on the pristine city of Hiroshima -
which had been deliberately untouched by US bombs, the better to assess the
damage."
While Hiroshima may have been considered "pristine" in the sense of not yet
having been fire-bombed as other major Japanese cities, like Tokyo, had been,
it was not "pristine" in the sense of lacking military value. Hiroshima was
involved in military weapons production, with workers' homes near ammunition
factories. Hiroshima contained the 2nd Army Headquarters for southern Japan,
and was also an assembly area for Japanese troops.
Rick Strickert
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bc ... remembers Frank's letter asking the UCSC physics Board of Studies [1]
not to use the word Exploratorium. He changed it to Physicorium.
[1] before it was changed to Dept.
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