Science, Technology, and American Foreign Policy
Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 330, index, DJ soiled, torn, and edges worn, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 330, index, DJ soiled, torn, and edges worn, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1965. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, 591, [3] pages. Footnotes. Appendixes. Note on Sources. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. The DJ is price clipped and in a plastic sleeve. Ink underlining noted up to about page 30. Alice Kimball Smith (1907-2001) was an American historian and educator. Kimball Smith and her husband Cyril Smith joined the Manhattan Project. She became friendly with J. Robert Oppenheimer and his wife Kitty. After the war, Kimball Smith and her husband relocated to Chicago. She lectured in history at Roosevelt College. She later became dean at the Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An expert on the postwar Scientists' Movement, which sought to influence the future of nuclear energy, Kimball Smith was the author of A Peril and a Hope: The Scientists’ Movement in America, 1945-1947 and co-editor of Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and Recollections, a compilation of Oppenheimer's letters between 1922 and 1945. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1945. Hardcover. 264, illus., appendices, index, slight discoloration inside boards, ink notation inside front board, boards scuffed and scratched. Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist and diplomat. He played key roles in the development of nuclear energy, in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency. During WWII he was a member of the National Defense Research Committee's Uranium Committee and a consultant on the Manhattan Project. He wrote the Manhattan Project's first public official history, which came to be known as the Smyth Report. Smyth advocated for a comprehensive report to be released to the public following the weapon's use. Vannevar Bush, who oversaw the NDRC, agreed, and selected Smyth to write the report on the recommendation of James Conant. Groves granted Smyth unlimited access, waiving his insistence on compartmentalization. More
Washington, DC: U.S. War Department, 1945. Approx. 200, wraps, lithoprinted version, figures, appendices, some soil to covers, pg. VI-12 is blank (xerox copy of missing text laid in). Book is held together with two staples; bottom staple has come loose from front cover through approximately chapter II. There are double copies of five pages: the preface, and pages I-9/I-10, II-3/II-4, IV-9/IV-10, and X-9/X-10. This lithoprint edition was printed and distributed in August 1945 just after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There were about 1, 000 copies printed, and they were distributed to the leaders of the Manhattan Project and to reporters covering the story. Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist and diplomat. He wrote the Manhattan Project's first public official history, which came to be known as the Smyth Report. Smyth advocated for a comprehensive report to be released to the public following the weapon's use. More
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. v, [1], 423, [3] p. Illustrations. Maps. Endnotes. Bibliography. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, c1984. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 118, notes, bibliography, index, DJ worn, small tears in rear DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Random House, c1952. First Printing. 29 cm, 128, wraps. Foreword by John Steinbeck. Brief biography by Debs Myers and Ralph Martin. More
New York: Washburn, [1957]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 288, illus., index, some wear and soiling to boards, marks to spine, endpaper erasures. More
New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1970. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. 22 cm, xiii, [3], 333, [1] pages. Map. Illustrations. Diagrams. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep. James Stokley was best known as a science popularizer. In 1925 Stokley started a 53-year association with Science Service. From 1926 to 1977 its "Science News" magazine featured his regular column describing events in the night sky. Author of seven books, his most successful were "Atoms to Galaxies" and ''Electrons in Action." In 1931 Stokley was appointed the first director of the Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia, and in 1939 he became director of the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh. Later he was publicist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady. He ended his career at Michigan State University with dual faculty appointments in journalism and astronomy. Stokley graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with B.Sc, and M.A. degrees. He was a full member of the American Astronomical Society since 1983 (and also its historical division). He joined the National Association of Science Writers in 1940. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, c1985. First Edition. 24 cm, 197, illus., DJ soiled, scuffed, and some edge wear, pencil erasure on front endpaper, edges soiled. More
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1967. Presumed first edition/first edition. Wraps. 111 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. References. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1970. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 335 p.; 23 cm. Occasional footnotes. References. Index. More
New York: Criterion Books, 1958. 184, illus., glossary, DJ worn along top and bottom edges of spine, DJ somewhat soiled. More
New York: Crown Forum, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. [8], 392 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author. Kenneth R. Timmerman (born November 4, 1953) is a political writer and conservative activist who was the 2012 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for the newly redrawn Maryland's 8th congressional district, facing the incumbent Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat. Timmerman lost to Van Hollen, 33% to 63%. In 2000, Timmerman was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland. Timmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, an organization that works to support democratic movements in Iran. He authored Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson. Timmerman has also written on the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. He is currently an Expert at Wikistrat. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. 212, notes, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: edge tears/chips. More
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1949. Hardcover. x, 261 p. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1956. 200, wraps, illus., figures, tables, appendices, entire document somewhat wrinkled, covers wrinkled and stained. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1948. 192, wraps, tables, appendices, bibliography, covers and a few pages creased, sm pcs missing front cover, tears in rear cover/p. 192. More
Washington, DC: US Atomic Energy Commission, 1966. Approx. 550, illus., diagrams, references. More
Oak Ridge, TN: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Center, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. [6], 74, [28] pages. Ex-library with usual markings. Ink number on front cover. This report was prepared for the Division of Operational Safety. This bibliography has been prepared to assist in certain Atomic Energy Commission tritium effluent control studies and for the use of others who may have an interest in tritium handling, monitoring, and disposal practices within the AEC and private industry. The contents includes references from each of Volumes 21-26, a Corporate Author index, a Personal Author index, a Report Number index, and a Subject Index. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1976. 197, wraps, chronology, figures, charts, appendices. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1976. 23 cm, 524, wraps, illus., label on rear cover, pencil erasure on title page. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1966. 24 cm, 110, wraps, illus., covers chipped and scuffed, ink notation on cover lined out, stamp on rear cover. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1975. 24 cm, 236, wraps, some page discoloration. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1963. 311, wraps, staples & ink marks on front cover, some underlining & marginal marks to text, paperclip marks & sm tears several pgs. More