Physics for Future Presidents; The Science Behind the Headlines
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 380 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Publisher's ephemera laid in. Richard A. Muller (born January 6, 1944) is an American physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Includes sections on Terrorist Nukes, Plutonium Bombs, Radioactivity, Nuclear Weapons, Neutron Bombs, Proliferation, Breeder Reactors, Laser Fusion, Spy Satellites and other military technology. Muller joined the JASON advisory group, which brings together prominent scientists as consultants for the Department of Defense. He was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 1982. He also received the Alan T. Waterman Award in 1978 from the National Science Foundation "for highly original and innovative research which has led to important discoveries and inventions in diverse areas of physics, including astrophysics, radioisotope dating, and optics". His "Physics for Future Presidents" series of lectures has been published in book form. More