Tuesday 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.