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RICHARD GARWIN ON ARMS CONTROL
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| By: |
Richard Garwin, Kenneth W. Thompson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£42.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0819173673 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780819173676 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA |
| Pub. date: |
14 March, 1989 |
| Edition: |
11th Revised ed. |
| Series: |
The Alton Jones Foundation Series on Arms Control v. 11 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
This volume collects many works of Richard Garwin, divided into sections on SDI, Recurrent Issues of Arms Control, and Maintaining and Restoring the Balance. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume collects many works of Richard Garwin, divided into sections on SDI, Recurrent Issues of Arms Control, and Maintaining and Restoring the Balance. Associated with IBM since 1952, Garwin was a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee from 1962-65 and 1969-72, and from 1966-69 was a member of the Defense Science Board. His fields of research have included work on liquid helium, superconductors, fundamental particles of physics, and on novel computer and communication elements and systems. He has made contributions in the design of nuclear weapons, and in instruments and electronics for research in nuclear and low-temperature physics. Garwin's work for the government has included studies on anti-submarine warfare, sensor systems, military and civil aircraft, and satellite and strategic systems. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University Press of America |
| Returns: |
Returnable |