On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quote from Peter Byrne, The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple > Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family > > p. 25 Nancy about Everett: "This is a guy who at the tender age of 12 > wrote a letter to Albert Einstein, and received a reply! I think his mom - > K.K. may have influenced him [to write that letter]". > > p. 26 "Everett long lost letter to Albert Einstein apparently claimed to > have solved the paradox of what happens when an irresistible force meet an > immoveable object. Nance thought he had written it as a 'hoax', to see if > he could fool the great man. Graciously, Einstein wrote back on June 11, > 1943, > > 'There is no such thing like an irresistible force and immoveable body. > But there seems to be a very stubborn boy who has forced his way > victoriously through strange difficulties created by himself for this > purpose.'" > > Also, while at Princeton Everett's teacher Wheeler, setup a special lecture by Einstein, which was attended by Wheeler's class (including Everett). Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
