Word: scientist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Upstairs (English). A demented scientist, with only his pistol and his twisted dreams for company, holes up on the top floor of a sleazy London rooming house and defies a world below that tries to coax him into coming down...
Speaking to an audience in his native Germany, Space Scientist Wernher von Braun, 47, advanced the thesis that scientists should not be held responsible for the ultimate use of the weapons they develop. Von Braun then went to London, where he is best remembered as the German scientist who developed the ballistic missile V-2 for the Nazis-and at least one reporter doggedly held the scientist responsible. "How do you feel now about your work during the war and its effects on my country?" "I greatly regret the abuse of science, but there is an old English saying...
...knows for sure which Soviet scientist, if any, should get most credit for the success of the Soviet space effort, but it has slowly become clear that Sedov is nearest to being official chief of the program. His full title is Chairman of the Interplanetary Communications Commission of the [Soviet] Academy of Sciences' Astronomical Council, and he has often been spokesman for Russian space scientists. In recognition of his apparent stature, this year's London meeting of the I.A.F. elected Sedov its president. Said a British delegate dryly: "We felt that the Soviets had done...
...look. He is an aero-dynarnicist who turned to astrophysics after World War II. Foreign colleagues give him top rating in his field, but they know almost nothing about his personal life. He often travels abroad, is always affable, but does not let his hair down. Said one British scientist last week: "After all, if he had too many drinks with us alone, he might not be allowed to come to the next meeting...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6:30-7 p.m.). Enter with Caution: The Atomic-Age, part two of the true story of Jackson McVey, an atomic scientist who survived the all-but-irreparable mistake of tracking radioactive dust out of his laboratory. (A rebroadcast...