Garwin, Richard L.
Reconsidering the paternity of the H-bomb [sound recording] : an interview with Richard Garwin, on All Things Considered, Public Radio International, 2001 April 25.
Tape and transcript of the April 25, 2001 broadcast of All Things Considered on National Public Radio; one portion is an interview with Richard Garwin on the subject of the paternity of the H-bomb. In a private interview in 1979, Edward Teller maintained that Garwin was the real designer of the first H-bomb. Interviewed by Robert Siegel.
Born 1928. Physicist; received Ph.D. in 1949, University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi. On Fermi's invitation, Garwin went to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1950. At this time appointed faculty position at University of Chicago. According to Edward Teller, was instrumental in creating the first hydrogen bomb. In 1952 Garwin joined IBM's Watson Laboratory at Columbia University in a research capacity (until 1970), while consulting at Los Alamos and for the U.S. government on issues of military technology and arms control. Also an adjunct professor in physics at Columbia University, and a professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Member of the President's Science Advisory Committee, the Defense Science Board, and the National Academy of Science; Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Hydrogen bomb -- History.
Nuclear physics.
Nuclear weapons.
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Siegel, Robert, 1944- interviewer.
Public Radio International.
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