Spencer R. Weart
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Spencer R. Weart is the director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a noted historian.
He has produced numerous historical articles, two children’s science books, and written or co-edited seven other books, including:
- Scientists in Power (a history of the rise of nuclear science, weapons, and reactors in France) ISBN 0674795156
- Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts (edited correspondence) ISBN 0262690705
- Nuclear Fear: A History of Images ISBN 0674628365
- Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another ISBN 0300082983
- His most recent book is The Discovery of Global Warming ISBN 0674016378 with an online version
He also produces and edits an award-winning website with historical exhibits.
[edit] External links
- http://www.aip.org/history/climate/author.htm
- http://www.aip.org/history/historymatters/weart.htm
- http://www.aip.org/history/climate Online version of The Discovery of Global Warming
