Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3 (of 3) - 4

struggle to overcome class barriers in 19th century England—is well
presented. Quotations from letters, diaries, and published works give
a clear picture of Dalton’s atomic theory research and his time.
_Man-made Transuranium Elements_, Glenn T. Seaborg, Prentice Hall,
Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963, 120 pp., $6.95 (hardback);
$2.95 (paperback). The discovery, properties, and applications of
elements heavier than uranium are considered in this book, which is
designed as an introduction to the subject. Glenn Seaborg was
co-discoverer of nine of the twelve transuranium elements.
_The Nature of Matter: Physical Theory from Thales to Fermi_, Ginestra
Amaldi, translated by Peter Astbury, Chicago University Press,
Chicago, Illinois, 1966, 332 pp., $5.95. A nontechnical history of
atomic energy.
_Niels Bohr: His Life and Work as Seen by His Friends and Colleagues_,
S. Rozental (Editor), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1967, 355
pp., $5.95. An articulate and scholarly biography by the friends and
co-workers of this outstanding atomic pioneer.
_Niels Bohr: The Man, His Science, and the World They Changed_, Ruth
Moore, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1966, 436 pp., $7.95. An
interesting biography of one of the pioneers in the study of the
internal structure of the atom.
_Otto Hahn: My Life_, Otto Hahn, translated by Ernest Kaiser and
Eithne Wilkins, Herder and Herder, Inc., New York, 1970, 240 pp.,
$6.50. Autobiography of the man who discovered that the atom could be
split.
_Otto Hahn: A Scientific Autobiography_, Otto Hahn, Willy Ley, editor
and translator, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1966, 320 pp.,
$9.95. Otto Hahn, winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize for his work in
atomic fission, reviews the pioneer days in which a new science was
created, and the role he played in its development.
_Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations_, Werner Heisenberg,
translated by Arthur J. Pomerans, Harper and Row, Publishers, New
York, 1970, 247 pp., $7.95. Werner Heisenberg, a Nobel Prize
physicist, presents his autobiography in the form of conversations
with such men as Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Ernest
Rutherford, Otto Hahn, and Enrico Fermi.
_Physics for Poets_, Robert H. March, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New.
York, 1970, 302 pp., $7.50. A physics textbook for nonscience
students. The book covers certain developments of classical mechanics,
relativity, and atomic and quantum physics. With this book the author
won the 1971 American Institute of Physics—U. S. Steel Foundation
Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy.
_Sourcebook on Atomic Energy_ (third edition), Samuel Glasstone, Van
Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1967, 883 pp., $15.00. An
excellent standard reference work, written for both scientists and the
general public.
_The Swift Years: The Robert Oppenheimer Story_, Peter Michelmore,
Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1969, 273 pp., $6.95. Oppenheimer’s
complex personality is delineated in this well-written biography. In
the bibliography is a list of books that Oppenheimer felt “had done
the most to shape his vocational attitude and philosophy of life”.
_The World of the Atom_, 2 volumes, Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Motz
(Eds.), Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1966, 1873 pp.,
$35.00. Contains the actual text of landmark documents in the history
of atomic physics, each preceded by commentary that places it in the
context of the discoverer’s personal life and in the conditions
prevailing in science and in society in his time.


Photo Credits

Page facing inside The “Horsehead” Nebula in Orion. Hale
cover Observatories.
Author’s Photo Jay K. Klein
Contents page Lick Observatory
116 Samuel A. Goudsmit
118 From _Atoms in the Family: My Life With Enrico
Fermi_, Laura Fermi, 1954. Copyright © by the
University of Chicago Press.
120 Top row, left, Institut fur Radium-forschung und
Kemphysik, right, Lotte Meitner-Graff, middle
row, left, Nobel Institute, right, Ernest Orlando
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; bottom row, right,
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
left, P. H. Abelson.
123 Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
130 Top, Ike Verne; bottom, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory.
132 & 133 Letter and Roosevelt picture from the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library; Johan Hagemeyer.
136 & 137 Argonne National Laboratory
141 U. S. Navy
143 Right, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
145 Argonne National Laboratory
152 Lick Observatory
155 Gulf Energy and Environmental Systems
156 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
158 Nobel Institute
159 Left, C. D. Anderson; right, Nobel Institute.
161 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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The U. S. Atomic Energy Commission publishes this series of information
booklets for the general public. These booklets explain the many uses of
nuclear energy.
The booklets are listed below by subject category.

General Interest
WAS-009 Atomic Energy and Your World
WAS-002 A Bibliography of Basic Books on Atomic Energy
WAS-004 Computers
WAS-008 Electricity and Man
WAS-006 Nuclear Terms, A Glossary
WAS-013 Secrets of the Past: Nuclear Energy Applications in Art and
Archaeology

The Environment
WAS-414 Nature’s Invisible Rays
WAS-204 Nuclear Power and the Environment

Biology
WAS-102 Atoms in Agriculture
WAS-105 The Genetic Effects of Radiation
WAS-107 Radioisotopes in Medicine
WAS-109 Your Body and Radiation

Physics
WAS-401 Accelerators
WAS-403 Controlled Nuclear Fusion
WAS-404 Direct Conversion of Energy
WAS-416 Inner Space: The Structure of the Atom
WAS-406 Lasers
WAS-407 Microstructure of Matter
WAS-411 Power from Radioisotopes

Chemistry
WAS-303 The Atomic Fingerprint: Neutron Activation Analysis
WAS-302 Cryogenics, The Uncommon Cold
WAS-306 Radioisotopes in Industry

Nuclear Reactors
WAS-502 Atomic Power Safety
WAS-513 Breeder Reactors
WAS-503 The First Reactor
WAS-505 Nuclear Power Plants
WAS-507 Nuclear Reactors
WAS-508 Radioactive Wastes

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