Talk:Philip Abelson
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(William M. Connolley 19:25, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)) http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p333.htm
[edit] "Father of the Nuclear Submarine"
Rightly or wrongly, Hyman G. Rickover is thought by most| [1] [2] [3] to be the "Father of the Nuclear Submarine" as he is the person who pushed and struggled to make Abelson's concept a reality.
- Google search on "Father+of+the+Nuclear+Submarine"+rickover 93 hits
- Google search on "Father+of+the+Nuclear+Submarine"+abelson 19 unique hits
Google's hardly the reliable-source arbitrer of intellectual paternity, but I think it gives a measure of the relative differences in public opinion. In any event, rightly or wrongly, "Father of" statements are dubious honorifics more about media, PR, and public opinion, than some objective truth. Both men deserve significant places in naval reactor history, but on the PR front, I think Rickover is the "Father". he certainly had a lot more to do with the Nautilus' reactor than Abelson. --A. B. (talk) 16:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- ^ Jeffries, John (2001). Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Fordham Univ Press. ISBN 0-8232-2110-5. , p.162: "'Admiral Rickover', said Powell, '"father of the atomic submarine", is a a great naval officer... It is not equally clear that he is a careful and thorough student of American education.'"
- ^ "Submarine Range Called Unlimited; Rickover Says Atomic Craft Can Cruise Under Ice To North Pole and Beyond," The New York Times, December 6, 1957, p.33: "The admiral, who is often called the 'Father of the Atomic Submarine'..."
- ^ Galantin, I. J. (1997). Submarine Admiral: From Battlewagons to Ballistic Missiles. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06675-8. ,p. 217: "Chet Holifield... member of the JCAE... said 'Of all the men I dealt with in public service, at least one will go down in history: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear Navy.'"
[edit] See Talk:S-50
See Talk:S-50 for a discussion of pre-Rickover navy nuclear work. There's probably some editorial research on that page that would help here and vice-versa.
The S-50 article was merged into K-25, but the S-50 talk page remains. The S-50 article will probably get resurrected soon. --A. B. (talk) 17:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
