Ed Condon and the NBS Radiation Physics Laboratory, 2002.

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Ed Condon and the NBS Radiation Physics Laboratory, 2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78514907

In this autobiographical sketch, Koch gives his interpretation of two unusual circumstances in National Bureau of Standards (NBS) history (a basic-research oriented Director in 1948 and the move of the entire NBS to Gaithersburg, Maryland in 1964) that made it possible for NBS to provide substantial financial support for the relatively esoteric research field of photonuclear physics using high-energy, but low-power betatrons and linacs. Also, he explains why the appearance of this research in the 1950s and 1960s did not produce adequate industrial support in the 1970s during the recession in science to avoid closing a part of the Radiation Physics Laboratory; and why now in the year 2002 with the invention of new electron accelerators with high power as well as high energy, industry may be seeking significant new NBS research with electrons and x-rays.

9 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Koch, Herman William, 1920-

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1988. From the description of Ed Condon and the NBS Radiation Physics Laboratory, 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514907 From the description of Their Family Story: Bill and Becky Koch, July 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154303386 ...

National Bureau of Standards (U.S.)

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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

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Physicist. Major affiliations include: Princeton University, 1930-1937; Westinghouse Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-1945; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1945-1951; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1956-1963; and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO from 1963. From the description of Public relations file on Condon, mostly pertaining to the attack on his loyalty by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...