William Shurcliff

William Shurcliff (March 27, 1909 - June 20, 2006) was a physicist and Harvard Professor who was a central participant in the Manhattan Project. In the 1940s, he worked for Polaroid Corporation, where "he worked extensively in optics, held more than 20 patents and refined the automatic-focus slide projector."^[1] He "went on to play an outspoken role in defeating plans for a supersonic passenger plane in the 1960's."^[2] Then, in the 1970s and 1980s, he became an advocate for passive solar building design and superinsulation, and he opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Bibliography

1966: Polarized Light: Production and Use, Harvard University Press.
1970: SST and Sonic Boom Handbook, Ballantine Books.
1978: Solar Heated Buildings of North America: 120 Outstanding Examples, Brick House Publishing.
1979: New Inventions in Low Cost Solar Heating: 100 Daring Schemes Tried and Untried, Brick House Publishing.
1981: Super Insulated Houses and Double Envelope Houses: A Survey of Principles and Practice, Brick House Publishing.

References

^ Bernstein, Adam (June 28, 2006). "Physicist William Shurcliff; Advocated for Public Interest". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701675.html.
^ Wald, Matthew L. (June 28, 2006). "William A. Shurcliff, Who Helped Develop Atomic Bomb, Dies at 97". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/28shurcliff.html.