Albert Einstein to Stephen Brunauer - July 30, 1943
A. EINSTEIN,
112, MERCER STREET,
PRINCETON,
NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.
July 30,1943
Lt.Stephen Brunauer
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Dept.
Washington D.C.
Dear Mr.Brunauer:
Thank you for your kind letter of July 28th. I have given some thought to the action of underwater-explosion to the armored hull of a ship and found a very rough mathematical simplification for the analysis of such process, a simplification which might be useful. I have shown it to my colleague Neumann who believed also that it might be practical. I am very glad that I shall have the opportunity to cooperate with him. He will tell you about it when he will see you.
I shall be glad to receive some empirical material. I shall not need much of it so that a visit to Washington for this purpose will not be necessary.
I thank you very heartily for your kind invitation which I shall gladly accept if the need arises. Without such need I shall try to avoid such trips knowing that I would be very much molested by snobbish people.
With best wishes
yours sincerely,
A. Einstein.
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