Atomic Scientists of Chicago
Atomic Scientists' printed and near-print material records, 1945-1959.
The Atomic Scientists printed and near-print material consists of material relating to the postwar scientists' movement, including U.S. Senate and House bills and amendments as well as other print and near-print material. Subjects also include United States Atomic Energy Commission, United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; atomic bombs and nuclear energy.
The Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab) was located at the University of Chicago. It was here the scientists were recruited to work on the theoretical aspects of building the atomic bomb. In 1945, months after the bombing of Hiroshima, about 90% (approximately 200) of Met Lab's scientists reorganized as the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Inc. and began to publish the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in a effort to influence government policy and to educate the general public regarding atomic energy and the atomic bomb.
Atomic Scientists of Chicago
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Atomic bomb
Nuclear energy.
AIP-ICOS
University of Chicago. The Joseph Regenstein Library. Department of Special Collections. 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA