Kidder, R. E. (Ray E.)
Oral history interview with Ray E. Kidder, 2008 April 29.
In this interview Ray Kidder discusses topics such as: Atomic Energy Commission; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; California Institute of Technology (Caltech); Manhattan Project; serving in the navy as a technician during World War II; finishing his undergraduate degree at Ohio State University; hydrogen bombs; nuclear weapons; laser fusion; underground nuclear testing facilities; Richard Rhodes; Theodore Maiman; Keith Brueckner; Edward Teller; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA); Hans Bethe; KMS Fusion.
Ray Edward Kidder (1923- ), physicist and mathematician. He was leader in the theoretical physics division of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, 1956-1990. His research interests included: thermonuclear physics, astrophysics; quantum electronics, nuclear weapons design and lasers.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Brueckner, Keith A.
Kidder, R. E. (Ray E.)
Maiman, Theodore H.
Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
California Institute of Technology
KMS Fusion, Inc.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Ohio State University
United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Hydrogen bomb
Laser fusion
Nuclear weapons
World War, 1939-1945
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Wellerstein, Alex, interviewer.
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