Elizabeth Weber Handwerker

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[Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @ElizWebHand]

Her name was Anita Meinhardt Straus Weber. She died before I could have met her, but I want her remembered, too.

[Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @ElizWebHand]

A thread, on what would have been my Grandpa Joe's 100th birthday. Others have been writing about him, but I have something to say. So:

[Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @ElizWebHand]

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.

[Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @ElizWebHand]

@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!

[Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @ElizWebHand]

@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