My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the grea… — James Rainwater

My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918.

James RainwaterScientist · American · 1917 – 1986

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics. — James Rainwater
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The Maria Mayer shell model suggestion in 1949 was a great triumph and fitted my belief that a nuclear shell model should represent a proper approach to understanding nuclear structure. — James Rainwater