Garwin, Richard L.
Richard L. Garwin addition to nuclear arms control and disarmament collection, 1967-2003.
Publications, reports, and symposia proceedings collected and donated from Richard L. Garwin's personal collection. Includes reports from his time with JASON, and publications on subjects such as inertial fusion, energy policy, orbital maneuvering vehicle, aerial reconnaissance, U-2 plane program, CORONA, electromagnetic pulses, and satellites.
Physicist. Ph.D., University of Chicago (1949). Los Alamos National Laboratory (1950); faculty, University of Chicago (1950); researcher, IBM Watson Laboratory, Columbia University (1952-1970); consultant for the U.S. government on issues of military technology and arms control; adjunct professor in physics at Columbia University; professor of public policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. According to physicist Edward Teller, Garwin was instrumental in creating the first hydrogen bomb.
JASON Defense Advisory Group
Aerial reconnaissance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Electromagnetic devices.
Energy policy.
Space surveillance
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA