Re: Today's jaw dropper

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

> At least one notable student of Paul Dirac worthy of mention is Nobel laureate
> physicist Abdus Salam. He had frequently mentioned Dirac in his writing and
> speeches.
> Abby Kalam

Thanks for refreshing my memory on that. When I made the comment
originally, I had forgotten about Salam.

Someone else (I forget who) remarked that they thought Einstein had never
held an academic position in which he would have to supervise students. I
don't believe that is true. Pais talks about some of Einstein's students in
his bio of Einstein, so I'm sure he had some, but it was not one of his
high priorities. Later in life, he admitted to some envy of Bohr for not
only being in a successful marriage while he had failed twice at it
(Einstein's words), but in having founded a "school" of physics which
turned out students and honed the skills of post-docs with great success.

Hugh

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