Originally Posted by onetwentyeight
my grandfather was part of the team that built the first atomic pile w/ enrico fermi. The had him over for a dinner a few times, tho onetime my grandmother undercooked the turkey and freaked out. Fermi's wife helped her fix it. They remained friends till my grandparents left illinois.
my grandfather was also friends with richard fineman who got drunk and played bongos in their bathroom while *****ing about his wife.
hmm, our grandpas might have known each other... mine worked in chicago on the manhattan project for a couple years in the 40's. glenn seaborg, his bud who discovered plutonium, called him in to do some of the first physical experiments on said plutonium (it was just a speck) because he knew my grandpa was good at chemistry and fixing watches.