Weart, Spencer R., 1942-
Spencer Weart research material for his book, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images, 1957-1987.
Collection of booklets assembled by Spencer Weart while writing his book "Nuclear Fear: A History of Images" (Harvard University Press, 1989). Topics found in the booklets include accelerators, atomic energy, pioneers of atomic physics, nuclear fusion, energy, electrons, effects of nuclear energy on everyday life, lasers, magnetism, nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors, plutonium, isotopes, radioisotopes, spectroscopy, thorium, United States Atomic Energy Commission, United States Energy Research and Development Administration, United States Department of Energy, radiation, neutrino, geothermal energy, oil, solar energy, atoms, American Assembly, General Electric, International Atomic Energy Agency, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, and atomic power safety.
B.A. in physics at Cornell University in 1963 and a Ph.D. in physics and astrophysics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1968. He then worked for three years at CalTech as a Fellow of the Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories. In 1971 changed his field, enrolling as a graduate student in the History Department of the University of California, Berkeley. In 1974 he took up post as Director of the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, the oldest institution dedicated to preserving and making known the history of a scientific discipline. Written two childrens science books and wrote or co-edited seven other books, including Scientists in Power; Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts; a collection of essays on the history of solid-state physics; Nuclear Fear: A History of Images; and Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another.
General Electric Company.
International Atomic Energy Agency
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Department of Energy fast
United States. Energy Research and Development Administration.
Accelerators.
Atoms
Electrons.
Isotopes.
Lasers.
Magnetism
Neutrinos.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy -- Safety measures.
Nuclear energy -- Social aspects.
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear power plants.
Nuclear reactors.
Petroleum.
Plutonium
Radiation.
Radioisotopes.
Solar energy
Spectrum analysis
Thorium.
Pamphlets. aat
General Electric Company.
International Atomic Energy Agency
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Department of Energy
United States. Energy Research and Development Administration.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA