Response to 1987 History of Nuclear Physics Survey.

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Response to 1987 History of Nuclear Physics Survey.

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An overview of Knight's experiences as a nuclear chemist and physicist during the post-war period (1949-1962) at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. He discusses professional life at Los Alamos and his role as a chemist in nuclear weapons testing throughout the 1950s. Also includes an 8-page list of publications. Prepared in response to the American Institute of Physics, Center for History of Physics' 1987 survey of nuclear physics.

34 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)

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This oral history project was undertaken by the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics, beginning in about 1976. The American Philosophical Society Library is a designated repository for the archive, which includes photocopies of typed manuscripts of the interviews, and microfilm and microfiche of certain manuscript collections of astrophysicists. These include the papers of Robert D'E Atkinson, Seth Chandler, Theodore Dunham [The American Philosophical Society has re...

Los Alamos scientific laboratory

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Knight, Jere Donald, 1916-

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Physical chemistry and nuclear physics. Assistant chemist, University of Chicago, Manhattan Project, 1942-1943; associate chemist, Clinton Labs, 1943-1945; chemistry instructor, University of Illinois, 1948-1949; from staff member to laboratory fellow, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1949-1982. From the description of Response to 1987 History of Nuclear Physics Survey. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83770273 ...