Re: [time-nuts] Norman Ramsey
Three of the GREAT MEN of atomic physics have died pretty recently, R.V. Pound, Ed Purcell, and Norman Ramsey. They were call at Harvard. -John = > Just a month ago I found out that Norman Ramsey had died. > I met and talked with him about 20 some odd years ago before he recieved > the Nobel Prize for Physics. > He talked about the first Magentron that he ever saw which was a secret > weapon brought to > the US to be tested and worked with to make high resolution radar. He was > at MIT at the time. > He was an interesting fellow to talk to. One of our faculty at the > University of Kentucky was > one of his graduate students when he was working on the atomic frequency > standard. When > he received the check, many years after he developed the "atomic clock" he > gave about half > to his graduate students that had worked with him. He worked out a deal to > purchase a number of > computers, and each of these guys got one. The one Dr. McAdam got was an > AT&T 16 bit system. > Fairly fancy at the time. > I have a couple of Rubidium sources and think about my short discussion > with him at the time. > His graduate student was a ham but Dr. Ramsey never was. Dr. McAdam did a > great deal of > research in atomic physics at UofK before he retired a couple of years > ago. > 73 > Bill wa4lav > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] Norman Ramsey
Just a month ago I found out that Norman Ramsey had died. I met and talked with him about 20 some odd years ago before he recieved the Nobel Prize for Physics. He talked about the first Magentron that he ever saw which was a secret weapon brought to the US to be tested and worked with to make high resolution radar. He was at MIT at the time. He was an interesting fellow to talk to. One of our faculty at the University of Kentucky was one of his graduate students when he was working on the atomic frequency standard. When he received the check, many years after he developed the "atomic clock" he gave about half to his graduate students that had worked with him. He worked out a deal to purchase a number of computers, and each of these guys got one. The one Dr. McAdam got was an AT&T 16 bit system. Fairly fancy at the time. I have a couple of Rubidium sources and think about my short discussion with him at the time. His graduate student was a ham but Dr. Ramsey never was. Dr. McAdam did a great deal of research in atomic physics at UofK before he retired a couple of years ago. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Norman Ramsey obit
That is sad news. He was a real quiet, modest gentleman. On the day he won the Nobel Prize, he ate lunch in the Havard Science cafeteria dining room, alone. This is a loss of another of the Great Men of Physics, along with Bob Pound and Ed Purcell. Sad. Very sad. Best, -John > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/us/norman-ramsey-dies-at-96-work-led-to-the-atomic-clock.html > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] Norman Ramsey obit
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