I read accounts of my grandfather's work, and how it shaped the development of his field (several have been published) and can't help wondering how things would have been different--not just for my family, but for the development of his field--if my grandmother had lived.
@susanjfeingold@JannaLevin My father (Joe's oldest son) remembers the Weber family visit to the Townes family on their return drive from the Electron Tube conference in Canada. But none of the historians ever interview my father!
@brainpicker Those who are interested in reading more about Joe Weber would do well to read the memoir written by his assistant of many years, Darrell Gretz, published by the American Physical Society at https://t.co/Cz9qLZwfBV