This memoir outlines the life of a scientist spanning much of the
twentieth century. It began at a time before radios were found in
most American homes, and before the advent of "talking pictures."
His interest in science was born at an early age, sparked by his
mother, as she introduced him to the stars in a dark Utah sky.
Early experiences and training were much the same as for any
other boy at the time. But with the beginning of war in Europe, and
the U.S. response by instituting universal conscription (the
draft), he realized the importance of education in fulfilling his
military obligation, and enlisted in a Navy training program. Navy
service took him to Chicago and Southern California, and eventually
to little-known Peleliu Island in the Western Pacific, a foretaste
of a life of frequent travel to follow.
World War II was followed all too soon by the retreat of the
Soviet Union behind an "Iron Curtain" of secrecy, a massive buildup
of conventional forces and armed occupation of neighboring
countries. It became essential to know when they succeeded in
building the atomic bomb. This book is a first-hand account in
non-technical terms of some of the ways in which this was
accomplished. This was followed by attempts to ban the bomb, or at
least to ban nuclear testing. The author was fortunate to be near
the center of U.S. efforts in many of these attempts, and the book
describes important activities and events that ultimately led to
achieving the lesser of these goals.
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