The summer of 1963 was eventful by any standards. In June President Kennedy proclaimed "Ich bin ein Berliner" to the beleaguered citizens of Berlin. In July the spy Kim Philby defected to Moscow. In August Martin Luther King, Jr., declared "I have a dream" to a crowd of a quarter million. And quietly, around the swimming pool of a suburban house in Dallas, Texas, three European emigres drank strong martinis and planned to resurrect general relativity.
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