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Re: a summary of Einstein's gift to mankind...

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On January 23, 1950,
Einstein wrote in a letter..
"It would, therefore, be quite ridiculous if I were to issue a statement 
declaring my refusal to participate in armament work. 
Since the military authorities are well aware of my position, 
it would never occur to them to invite me to participate in such work."

But the Real Truth is back in May, 1943 
'it DID occur to them to invite him to participate in such work.'

May, 1943 Lt. Stephen Brunauer who was in charge
of the "High Explosives Division".  said...

"The top people of the Army, Navy and 
the two civilian divisions had occasional 
joint conferences to discuss their re- 
search on high explosives. At one such 
conference, the name of Einstein was 
mentioned by somebody. That gave me 
an idea. 

I asked Einstein whether he would be willing to 
become a consultant for the Navy in general, 
and for me, in the field of high explo- 
sives research, in particular. Einstein was 
tremendously pleased about the offer, 
and very happily gave his consent. He 
felt very bad about being neglected. He 
had not been approached by anyone to 
do any war work since the United States 
entered the war. He said to me, "People 
think that I am interested only in theory, 
and not in anything practical. This is not 
true. I was working in the Patent Office 
in Zurich, and I participated in the de- 
velopment of many inventions. The gyro- 
scope too." I said, "That's fine. You are 
hired." 

https://twitter.com/Starmaker111/status/1491839255168966666



So, ...Albert Einstein continued on with developing
New and More effective High Explosives for the
Navy, AND the Army, AND the Air Force...that were used
in the war against Germany and Japan, the
Korean war and the Vietnam war. 




The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Albert Einstein also said: "It would, therefore, be quite ridiculous if I were to issue a statement
> declaring my refusal to participate in armament work. Since the military authorities are well aware of my position,
> it would never occur to them to invite me to participate in such work."
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > in May 1943. The next month Einstein came up with his first suggestion,
> > a way to make a torpedo detonate just as it passed beneath a ship’s
> > keel. In Einstein’s scheme a pair of electromagnetic coils at the front
> > and rear of the torpedo would be connected in series with an
> > electromagnet between them. The two coils would have opposite magnetic
> > polarity, so when the torpedo was far from the target ship, the induced
> > current between them would be zero for reasons of symmetry. As the
> > torpedo approached the ship, the hull’s magnetic field would start to be
> > felt. Since the field would be stronger at the front of the torpedo than
> > at the rear, it would induce a current. Then when the torpedo passed
> > beneath the keel, the fields from either side of the hull would cancel
> > each other out, and the current would briefly dip to zero, setting off
> > the detonator.
> >
> > In August Einstein turned his attention to torpedoes detonated by
> > contact rather than magnetic impulses. He explained why the explosive
> > charge in such torpedoes should be placed at the front instead of the
> > rear and suggested a protruding hollow tip, possibly armed with a
> > projectile, to increase the likelihood of puncturing the hull instead of
> > just shaking it. But contact detonation raised a new problem: The force
> > of a violent collision with the hull could crush the head of the torpedo
> > before detonation was completed.
> >
> > In October Einstein suggested a possible way around this difficulty: Put
> > the explosive in the rear of the torpedo and rotate it after impact to
> > bring the business end closer. At first he thought the increased water
> > speed right next to a ship’s moving hull would do the trick. Two months
> > later, though, he decided that even if his idea could be made to work,
> > the turning forces would destroy the torpedo. Once again he proposed
> > adding a small empty space at the front. It would crumple before the
> > rest of the head, buying a few extra thousandths of a second to give the
> > explosive time to detonate properly. (Navy engineers eventually solved
> > the problem by redesigning the contact detonator’s firing pin.)
> >
> > --
> >  On January 23, 1950, Einstein wrote in a letter.. I have never taken
> > part in work of a military-technical nature...
> >
> > --
> > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> >  to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> > and challenge
> >  the unchallengeable.
> 
> --
> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
>  to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge
>  the unchallengeable.

-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
 to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge
 the unchallengeable.

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