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...structure of the planets, including the earth, can be understood best by studying the behavior of matter under very high pressure. Such is the theory of Astrophysicist William Henderson Ramsey of Britain's University of Manchester. The simplest example is Jupiter, which Ramsey thinks is made largely of hydrogen. Near the surface where pressure is low, the hydrogen is in gaseous form. Deeper down it turns into a nonmetallic solid. It is still too light to account for the density of Jupiter's interior...
BANNER IN THE SKY by Jomes Ramsey Ullman (252 pp.; Lippincott; $2.75) tells how boy loves mountain, boy conquers mountain. Rudi Matt, 16, dreams of climbing the local peak known as the Citadel. Papa, who was a great Swiss guide, tried it and perished, so Mamma wants to keep her son grounded, but the boy has alpenstocks in his blood. By the bottom of the first page, he has played hooky from his dishwashing job and is off clambering from rock to rock. Seventeen pages later, he has rescued the famous English climber, Captain Winter, and even Rudi...
Norman F. Ramsey, professor of Physics, said that he has been associated with Oppenheimer for the past ten years and that in that time he has "given no reason" for anyone to doubt his loyalty...
Professor Ramsey said Oppenheimer only argued against a "crash program" for the H-bomb and that once ex-President Truman ordered the hydrogen bomb project started, he dropped all opposition...
...Committee, besides Bundy, are: J. Douglas Bush, professor of English; Frank M. Carpenter, professor of Entomology; Frederick B. Deknatch professor of Fine Arts; John F. Elder, associate professor of Greek and Latin; Wilbur K. Jordan, professor of History; Leonard H. Nash, assistant professor of Chemistry; Norman F. Ramsey, professor of Physics; Allen D. Sapp, Jr., instructor in Music; Burrhus F. Skinner, professor of Psychology; and Arthur Smithies, professor of Economics...