Samuel Glasstone

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Samuel Glasstone authored 40 popular textbooks on physical chemistry, rate reactions, nuclear weapons effects, nuclear reactor engineering, Mars, space sciences, the environmental effects of nuclear energy and nuclear testing. One reviewer noted recently:

Perhaps one of the best technical writers of the last century was Samuel Glasstone. [1]

Samuel Glasstone was born on 3 May 1897 [2]. He received two doctorates, in 1922 and 1926 (PhD and DSc), in chemistry at London University.

Perhaps his best known book, co-authored with Philip J. Dolan, is The Effects of Nuclear Weapons which is now available online as PDF files [3].

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• Collection of information on Samuel Glasstone and one of his co-authors, including photograph, career, awards, some of his books, information and quotations about his work, etc.
• Amazon list of some of Glasstone's many books, some of which are out of print and fetch high prices secondhand.