Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Dick Post passed away recently at age 96. We met with him several months ago to chat about his most recent work – that’s right, he was STILL working. In fact, Dick had some of the most productive years of his career after he reached 90 years of age.
Few scientists have had a career as long as Post’s. He joined the Livermore Lab within weeks of its founding and then worked faithfully, day in and day out, for 63 years — the Laboratory’s entire history.
Even fewer scientists can be said to be one of the three founders of magnetic fusion energy research in the United States.
In our final interview with Dick, he told us what made him tick all these years.
RIP to a wonderful man and a great mind.
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