Response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, ca.1983.

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Response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, ca.1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79322302

Twenty eight-page handwritten response to the questionnaire, in which Klema describes his Master's thesis work under Henry H. Barschall at Princeton University; his undergraduate education; his work at Los Alamos separating U235 and U238 during World War II with Robert R. Wilson, Victor Weisskopf, Richard Feynman, and others and in the Van de Graaff group (this is discussed in some detail); continued graduate work at Rice University after the war; post-doctoral work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Atomic Energy Commission (also discussed in some detail); his move to the University of Michigan as a faculty member; his further move to Northwestern University where he also did work for Argonne National Laboratory; incorporation of a company he founded (Nuclear Diodes, Inc.); his move to Tufts University to become dean of engineering; and funding for his projects. File also includes a three-page curriculum vitae, four-page publication list through 1983, and a two-page summary of Klema's scientific and administrative work. Recipients were asked to discuss their entry into a scientific career in general and nuclear physics in particular, their work during the Second World War, their scientific achievements, the funding of their projects, the roles of related sciences--especially high energy physics--in their research, their work as educators, their perceptions of the public's attitude towards science, and their involvement in physics-related organizations.

37 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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