Lawrence and His Laboratory - A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Volume I

"This is a first-rate contribution to the history of science and—in view of the central importance of physics for modern civilization—to the history of the twentieth century in general."—Spencer R. Weart, Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics

About the author

J. L. Heilbron is Class of 1936 Professor of History and History of Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck as Spokesman for German Science (California, 1986), among many other books.
Since 1985, Robert W. Seidel has been the Administrator of the Bradbury Science Museum at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and has written numerous articles on the history of the DOE national laboratories and on the history of military laser research and development.

Summary

The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This title presents the laboratory's history. It helps you learn how Ernest Lawrence used local and national technological, economic, and manpower resources to build the cyclotron.

Product details

• Authors: J. L. Heilbron, J.L. Heilbron, J.l. Seidel Heilbron, John L. Heilbron, Heilbron J.L., Robert W. Seidel, Seidel Robert W.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.1990
• EAN: 9780520064263
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06426-3
• No. of pages: 648
• Series: Medicine and Society; California Studies in the History of Science
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, History of Science, Atomic & molecular physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics