September 30, 2003

  • On the Beach


    On this date in 1954, the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned.


    Related reading in today’s New York Times:



    1. Obituary of Marshall N. Rosenbluth, physicist who helped develop the H-bomb.  He died Sunday in San Diego, California.
    2. Quotation from a Fermilab physicist:
      “There are a bunch of things that nothing can turn them around. Death is one.”

    Related reading from yesterday’s entries:



    Related reading from the Song of Songs:


    “Love is strong as death.”


    Related viewing:




    From Here to Eternity


     Today’s birthday: Deborah Kerr.

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