Los Alamos Science 1983 №07

Published by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1983, 273 p.
Popular science magazine about new achievements in physics, experimental techniques and computer simulation.
In 1983 many of the pioneers who helped develop the first fission and thermonuclear bombs were still at LANL and able to relay their first-hand experiences. This volume is filled with their stories and insights into the scientific and technological developments that grew from the nuclear weapons work.THE EVOLUTION OF THE LABORATORYThe Oppenheimer Years 1943-1945 – (A portrait of Project Y through primary sources compiled from the Los Alamos Archives and Report Library by Judith M. Lathrop).The Bradbury Years 1945-1970
Press Statement to The New Mexican, September 1954 - (by Norris Bradbury).
Bradbury's Colleagues Remember His Era – (An interview with Carson Mark, Dick Baker, George Cowan, Louis Rosen, Bill Oakes, and Gene Eyster).
A Comment from Bradbury in 1980.
LAMPF: A Dream and a Gamble – (by Louis Rosen as told to Nancy Shera)
Magnetic Fusion - (by James A. Phillips).The Agnew Years 1970-1979.
Vintage Agnew
Excerpts from speeches by Harold Agnew between 1966 and 1977
The Times They Were a Changin – (An Interview with Raemer Schreiber and Bob Thorn).
Major Efforts during the Agnew Years
The Laser Programs - (by Keith Boyer)
The Reactor Safety Program - (by Kaye D. Lathrop).
The Nuclear Safeguards Program - (compiled by Darryl B. Smith).
The Hot Dry Rock Program - (by Morton C Smith).The Kerr Years 1979 - …
Challenges and Prospects – (by Donald M. Kerr).
What's Happening Now – (A Round Table with Dan Baker, Stirling Colgate, Brian Crawford, Rocky Kolb, Sig Hecker, Mac Hyman, Steven Howe, Jeremy Landt, Steve Rockwood, and John Wheatley).Some Short Monologues.
Dan Baker on Space Sciences.
Sig Hecker on Materials Science.
Jeremy Landt on Electronics.
Brian Crawford on Life Science.
Laboratory Support for Basic Research -A note from the management.
Rocky Kolb on Cosmology.
The Participants.THE WEAPONS PROGRAM
Overview – (by C. Paul Robinson).
Nuclear Data — The Numbers Needed to Design the Bombs – (by Ben C. Diven, John H. Manley, and Richard F. Taschek).
Early Reactors — From Fermi's Water Boiler to Novel Power Prototypes – (by Merle E. Bunker)
Computing and Computers — Weapons Simulation Leads to the Computer Era – (by Francis H. Harlow and N. Metropolis).
Plutonium — A Wartime Nightmare but a Metallurgist's Dream – (by Richard D. Baker, Siegfried S. Hecker, and Delbert R. Harbur).
Criticality — The Fine Line of Control – (by Hugh C. Paxton).
Weapon Design — We've Done a Lot but We Can't Say Much – (by Carson Mark, Raymond E. Hunter, and Jacob J. Wechsler).
Field Testing — The Physical Proof of Design Principles – (by Bob Campbell, Ben Diven, John McDonald, Bill Ogle, and Tom Scolman)OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
The British Mission – (by Dennis C. Fakley).
Seven Hours of Reminiscences – (by Edward Teller).