The Argonne National Laboratory was a quintessential product of the cold war--from the atom bomb to the energy crisis. This book traces Argonne's constant concern with reactors, basic research, and its relationship with the midwestern science community and equally constant search for identity and mission as public and political priorities shifted. 51 photos .
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"This history of Argonne National Laboratory, our nation's first national laboratory, is no dry recitation of dates and events, but a fascinating anecdotal description and analysis of the multifaceted interactions among scientists, administrators, and politicians... Instructive and highly entertaining." -- Jack H. Westbrook, Science Books & Films
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Argonne's history began dramatically in the feverish days following America's entrance into World War II. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plutonium patients, radiological physics division, human radiobiology, council policy meeting, reactor engineering division, laboratory senate, particle accelerator division, midwestern scientists, laboratory executive committee, federal laboratory review panel, nonnuclear energy research, structural biology center, nonnuclear research, reactor test facility, associate laboratory director, reactor development program, breeder program, breeder reactor project, zero gradient synchrotron, national laboratory system, multiprogram national laboratories, integral fast reactor, metallurgical project, laboratory council, synchrotron project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Chicago, United States, Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Met Lab, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, World War, Cold War, White House, Argonne Universities Association, Clinch River, Three Mile Island, University of California, Soviet Union, Palos Park, Advanced Photon Source, Enrico Fermi, General Advisory Committee, New York, National Science Foundation, University of Illinois, National Accelerator Laboratory, Milton Shaw, University of Wisconsin New!
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plutonium patients, radiological physics division, human radiobiology, council policy meeting, reactor engineering division, laboratory senate, particle accelerator division, midwestern scientists, laboratory executive committee, federal laboratory review panel, nonnuclear energy research, structural biology center, nonnuclear research, reactor test facility, associate laboratory director, reactor development program, breeder program, breeder reactor project, zero gradient synchrotron, national laboratory system, multiprogram national laboratories, integral fast reactor, metallurgical project, laboratory council, synchrotron project Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Chicago, United States, Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Met Lab, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, World War, Cold War, White House, Argonne Universities Association, Clinch River, Three Mile Island, University of California, Soviet Union, Palos Park, Advanced Photon Source, Enrico Fermi, General Advisory Committee, New York, National Science Foundation, University of Illinois, National Accelerator Laboratory, Milton Shaw, University of Wisconsin New!
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