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A Distant Light

Scientists and Public Policy

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Henry W. Kendall

    1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Masters of Modern Physics (MMPHYS)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 1-7

  3. Beyond March 4

    1. Beyond March 4

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 9-11

  4. Nuclear Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-17
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    2. Press Release: Nuclear Power

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 19-20

    3. Nuclear Reactor Safety: An Evaluation of New Evidence

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 21-36

    4. Cooling Water

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 37-48

    5. Nuclear Safety

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 49-63

    6. The Failure of Nuclear Power

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 64-68

  6. National Security and Nuclear Weapons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-131
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    2. News Release: Announcing Declaration on the Nuclear Arms Race

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 133-134

    3. Declaration on the Nuclear Arms Race

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 135-138

    4. Space-based Ballistic Missile Defense

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 139-158

    5. The Fallacy of Star Wars

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 159-164

    6. Accidental Nuclear War

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 165-176

    7. Dismantle Armageddon

      • Henry W. Kendall
      Pages 177-178

  7. Global Environmental and Resource Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-182
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About this book

A collection of essays by a Nobel Prize Laureate on a wide range of critical issues facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving these problems. Kendall has been closely involved with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group that began as an informal assocation at MIT in 1969 to protest US involvement in Vietnam and is today an organization with an annual budget exceeding $6 million, with 100,000 supporters worldwide. UCD is today a voice of authority in US government science policy, particularly with regard to environment issues, most recently the worldwide initiatives on global warming. Together, these essays represent both the sucessses and failures of science to impact public policy, the challenges facing scientists, and offers practical guidelines for involvement in science policy. The essays are roughly chronological, organized by subject with introductions, beginning with the controversies on nuclear power safety and Three Mile Island,then followed by sections on national security issues, global environmental and resource problems,and radioactive cleanup and other current issues. Kendall's Nobel Prize lecture as well as a more popular version thereof is also included (and is the only really technical material in the book). The photos in the book are Kendall's, from an 1992 exhibition of his work. Henry Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics (jointly with J.I.Friedman and R.E. Taylor) in 1990 for his research in the structure of the proton and netron. In 1969, he was one of a group of physicist who founded the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and is currently Chairman of its Board of Directors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Henry W. Kendall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Distant Light

  • Book Subtitle: Scientists and Public Policy

  • Editors: Henry W. Kendall

  • Series Title: Masters of Modern Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8507-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98833-7Published: 22 October 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6423-1Published: 12 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8507-1Published: 23 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 318

  • Topics: Physics, general

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