Philip Morrison has passed away..
For those that may be interested..
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 by Double Zero | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This article is taken from the "Seti" website. The loss of another "Great Mind"
Zero.
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Philip Morrison at his home this past Friday, April 22nd.
Professor Morrison was physicist and group leader at the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and Los Alamos where he took part in the first desert test of the atomic bomb after which he wrote and spoke out against the arms race and its potential to carry us all into a nuclear war.
Dr. Morrison has a held a special interest in interstellar communications ever since his early 1959 paper (with Giuseppe Cocconi) that first publicly proposed a microwave search. It was this paper that created the healthy worldwide SETI community that is involved in multiple searches for extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations.
Dr. Morrison - or 'Phil' to those who knew him - was a true inspiration to his many friends, colleges and students. To many of us, he was one of the most widely read, and smartest people we've ever met. Phil was not only a physicist, he was a philosopher, a historian, a biologist and one of the best teachers around. Together with Phylis, his wife and partner, Phil wrote a column for Scientific American about "interesting things." They have both scripted many films and television series, including the well known "Powers of Ten" animated film and the 6 part PBS series "The Ring of Truth". Phylis passed away in 2002.
Phil and Phylis will be deeply missed by the Berkeley SETI team.
To find out more of Dr Morrison http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/morrison/index.html
Zero.
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Philip Morrison at his home this past Friday, April 22nd.
Professor Morrison was physicist and group leader at the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and Los Alamos where he took part in the first desert test of the atomic bomb after which he wrote and spoke out against the arms race and its potential to carry us all into a nuclear war.
Dr. Morrison has a held a special interest in interstellar communications ever since his early 1959 paper (with Giuseppe Cocconi) that first publicly proposed a microwave search. It was this paper that created the healthy worldwide SETI community that is involved in multiple searches for extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations.
Dr. Morrison - or 'Phil' to those who knew him - was a true inspiration to his many friends, colleges and students. To many of us, he was one of the most widely read, and smartest people we've ever met. Phil was not only a physicist, he was a philosopher, a historian, a biologist and one of the best teachers around. Together with Phylis, his wife and partner, Phil wrote a column for Scientific American about "interesting things." They have both scripted many films and television series, including the well known "Powers of Ten" animated film and the 6 part PBS series "The Ring of Truth". Phylis passed away in 2002.
Phil and Phylis will be deeply missed by the Berkeley SETI team.
To find out more of Dr Morrison http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/morrison/index.html
Old_Crab
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:19 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:19 AM
Let the secrets of the stars be reveled. Goodbye and Godspeed. 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:01 PM
Still havent found "ET" ..LoL.. but I am helping...
Morrison has passed on but his dreams are very much alive...
A fitting tribute to one of SETI's pioneers.
Zero.