Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3

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. 172 Photo Credits Page facing inside cover The “Horsehead” Nebula in Orion. Hale 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 ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1972 - 747-189/2 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 Members of the general public may obtain free, single copies of six titles of their choice. Librarians and teachers may obtain free a complete set of the booklets. These requests should be made on school or library stationery. Those wishing to obtain larger quantities may purchase them if stocks are available. Orders for booklets and inquiries on prices and availability should be directed to: USAEC—Technical Information Center, P. O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Comments are invited regarding this booklet and others in the series. U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Office of Information Services