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"There was no mistaking the intensity of Oppenheimer's affection for his country," remarked Bloch. "His attachment was most apparent." Robert could also talk at length about literature, "especially the Hindu classics and the more esoteric Western writers." Pauli joked with Rabi that Oppenheimer
"seemed to treat physics as an avocation and psychoanalysis as a vocation."
— Jan 20, 2026 07:24PM
"seemed to treat physics as an avocation and psychoanalysis as a vocation."
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“It was no accident that the young boy who would become known as the father of the atomic era was reared in a culture that valued independent inquiry, empirical exploration and the free-thinking mind—in short, the values of science”
A damn good start.
— Jan 14, 2026 08:43PM
A damn good start.
