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== Why Einstein@Home? == | == Why Einstein@Home? == | ||
During a lunchtime conversation in 1999, Bruce Allen and a friend | During a lunchtime conversation in 1999, Bruce Allen and a friend were discussing an article that they read that day in The LA times about SETI@home. The thought occurred this would be a great way to get computer cycles to tackle the data analysis problem that they had, but concluded that there would be very little public interest and the topic was dropped. | ||
In 2004, the idea was revisited due to the upcoming event [[wikipedia:World_Year_of_Physics_2005|'''''World Year of Physics 2005''''']]. The American Physical Society offered publicity and volunteers and after eventually connecting with David Anderson, who spread the excitement of BOINC, Einstein@Home was launched in February of 2005. | In 2004, the idea was revisited due to the upcoming event [[wikipedia:World_Year_of_Physics_2005|'''''World Year of Physics 2005''''']]. The American Physical Society offered publicity and volunteers and after eventually connecting with David Anderson, who spread the excitement of BOINC, Einstein@Home was launched in February of 2005. | ||