Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute : the memoirs of George A. Cowan
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Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
540.92 Cow
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540.92 Cow
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Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"George Cowan's memoir is an engaging eyewitness account of how science works and how scientists, as people, work as well. In discussing his career in nuclear physics from the 1940s into the 1980s, Cowan talks about some of his assignments in nuclear forensics, including President Harry Truman's skeptical review of the analysis of Russia's first atomic bomb test in 1949. Throughout his book, Cowan weaves in intriguing anecdotes about a large cast of distinguished scientists - all related in his concise, wry manner."-- book jacket.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Businessmen -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Biography.
Chemists -- United States -- Biography.
Cowan, G. A. -- (George A.), -- 1920-2012.
Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Biography.
Los Alamos National Laboratory -- History.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.
Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, N.M.) -- History.
Businessmen -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Biography.
Chemists -- United States -- Biography.
Cowan, G. A. -- (George A.), -- 1920-2012.
Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Biography.
Los Alamos National Laboratory -- History.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.
Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, N.M.) -- History.