That's not my department!

[sovay]

I cannot believe this statement is true:

Michael J. Neufeld, the author of "Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" (Knopf; $35), acknowledges that "hardly anyone under age forty" knows his subject's name, even though America's moon shots owed a large measure of their success to him.
—Thomas Mallon, "Rocket Man: The Complex Orbits of Wernher von Braun."

If nothing else, doesn't anyone still listen to Tom Lehrer?

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[sovay]

Despite being a super-geek with a good deal of knowledge of that period, I actually only know of him because you once sent me a link to the song.

I reaffirm my faith in Tom Lehrer.

I know I've encountered him somewhere since, but I don't think I would have noticed if I hadn't already heard of him.

Were you more familiar with other scientists from World War II?

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Were you more familiar with other scientists from World War II?

I'd like to think so -- but I s'pose this shows I can't be sure!