Adventures in the Atomic AgeAdventures in the Atomic Age
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Current format, Book, 2001, 1st ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsIn a fascinating autobiography, the renowned physicist describes his Nobel Prize-winning career, his work with the Manhattan Project group, his discovery of the element that makes atomic bombs explode and the isotopes used to treat millions of cancer patients, and his term as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 15,000 first printing.
The renowned physicist describes his Nobel Prize-winning career, his work with the Manhattan Project, his discovery of the element that makes atomic bombs explode, and his term as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The autobiography of a chemist who was instrumental in the Manhattan Project's building of the nuclear bomb, won the Nobel Prize in 1951, and served as chair of the Atomic Energy Commission under three presidents in the 1960s and early 1970s. The material focuses almost exclusively on Seaborg's scientific and political careers, recounting his meetings with other scientists and the bureaucratic battles within the U.S. government. Unfinished at the time of Seaborg's death in 1999, this work was finished by his son. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
America's greatest twentieth-century scientist tells his own story.
Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) won a Nobel Prize before he was forty. He discovered the element that makes atomic bombs explode and the isotopes used to treat millions of cancer patients. He ran the University of California at Berkeley and advised nine U.S. presidents. Here is his autobiography -- the extraordinary story of a modest Swedish American who never strayed from his strong basic commitments throughout a career that gave him national and international fame. Seaborg's story begins in Michigan with his Scandinavian parents, but shifts quickly to California, where he got himself an education he didn't think he could afford during the dark days of the Depression. During World War II, he led the Manhattan Project group that devised the chemical extraction processes producing plutonium 239. He also shares the drama of scientific discovery and the inner history of his pioneering work on the many transuranium elements he co-discovered at the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley -- work that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1951. As chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under three presidents, Seaborg fought for the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and argued in favor of the peaceful uses and international controls of atomic energy. His is the riveting account of a life like no other -- a model of the best in our nation.
The renowned physicist describes his Nobel Prize-winning career, his work with the Manhattan Project, his discovery of the element that makes atomic bombs explode, and his term as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The autobiography of a chemist who was instrumental in the Manhattan Project's building of the nuclear bomb, won the Nobel Prize in 1951, and served as chair of the Atomic Energy Commission under three presidents in the 1960s and early 1970s. The material focuses almost exclusively on Seaborg's scientific and political careers, recounting his meetings with other scientists and the bureaucratic battles within the U.S. government. Unfinished at the time of Seaborg's death in 1999, this work was finished by his son. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
America's greatest twentieth-century scientist tells his own story.
Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) won a Nobel Prize before he was forty. He discovered the element that makes atomic bombs explode and the isotopes used to treat millions of cancer patients. He ran the University of California at Berkeley and advised nine U.S. presidents. Here is his autobiography -- the extraordinary story of a modest Swedish American who never strayed from his strong basic commitments throughout a career that gave him national and international fame. Seaborg's story begins in Michigan with his Scandinavian parents, but shifts quickly to California, where he got himself an education he didn't think he could afford during the dark days of the Depression. During World War II, he led the Manhattan Project group that devised the chemical extraction processes producing plutonium 239. He also shares the drama of scientific discovery and the inner history of his pioneering work on the many transuranium elements he co-discovered at the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley -- work that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1951. As chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission under three presidents, Seaborg fought for the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and argued in favor of the peaceful uses and international controls of atomic energy. His is the riveting account of a life like no other -- a model of the best in our nation.
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